Security at airports across the country may soon be under the scanner and all the operational airports may get Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) cover if the Union Government acts on the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee.
The 31-member committee headed by Kanwar Deep Singh, which examined the ‘Issues related to Airport Security’ across the country, submitted its report recently in Parliament. It noted with concern that eight hyper-sensitive airports and 19 sensitive airports have no CISF cover, which has now become the only specialised force for aviation security.
After its extensive interaction with officials of the Home Ministry, Civil Aviation, Airports Authority of India, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, CISF and Intelligence Bureau in July this year followed by study visits to Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi and other airports, the committee said gaps in aviation security needed to be closed in proportion to the threat perception.
While hijacking, hostage taking on board aircraft, aerodromes, sabotage of airport and aircraft and terrorist attacks are the common major threats, the possibilities have been widened in the wake of increasing sophistication in the modus operandi of the terrorists.
The report noted some of the threats as surgically implanted explosives, improvised explosive devices hidden in printer ink and toner cartridge and terrorists using trained pilots to hijack aircraft.
27/12/15 M.L.Melly Maitreyi/The Hindu
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The 31-member committee headed by Kanwar Deep Singh, which examined the ‘Issues related to Airport Security’ across the country, submitted its report recently in Parliament. It noted with concern that eight hyper-sensitive airports and 19 sensitive airports have no CISF cover, which has now become the only specialised force for aviation security.
After its extensive interaction with officials of the Home Ministry, Civil Aviation, Airports Authority of India, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, CISF and Intelligence Bureau in July this year followed by study visits to Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi and other airports, the committee said gaps in aviation security needed to be closed in proportion to the threat perception.
While hijacking, hostage taking on board aircraft, aerodromes, sabotage of airport and aircraft and terrorist attacks are the common major threats, the possibilities have been widened in the wake of increasing sophistication in the modus operandi of the terrorists.
The report noted some of the threats as surgically implanted explosives, improvised explosive devices hidden in printer ink and toner cartridge and terrorists using trained pilots to hijack aircraft.
27/12/15 M.L.Melly Maitreyi/The Hindu
