The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, after going through the issues related to security at airports in India following the violent incident at the Calicut international airport in June, has recommended that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) continue maintaining security at airports in the country.
However, the committee, chaired by Kanwar Deep Singh, feels that the violent incident involving employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the CISF “raises a question mark over the effectiveness of the existing coordination mechanism between various agencies providing security at Indian airports.”
Observing that civil aviation security is an internal element of national security, it recommends that the CISF handle the security of 70-odd airports having normal scheduled operations.
To begin with, all 26 airports rated hypersensitive, including the Calicut airport, be handed over to the CISF. Likewise, the CISF should subsequently take over the security of other sensitive airports.
In view of the shortage of manpower and logistics available with the CISF, security of normal airports can continue with the State police for the time being.
24/12/15 Biju Govind/The Hindu
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However, the committee, chaired by Kanwar Deep Singh, feels that the violent incident involving employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the CISF “raises a question mark over the effectiveness of the existing coordination mechanism between various agencies providing security at Indian airports.”
Observing that civil aviation security is an internal element of national security, it recommends that the CISF handle the security of 70-odd airports having normal scheduled operations.
To begin with, all 26 airports rated hypersensitive, including the Calicut airport, be handed over to the CISF. Likewise, the CISF should subsequently take over the security of other sensitive airports.
In view of the shortage of manpower and logistics available with the CISF, security of normal airports can continue with the State police for the time being.
24/12/15 Biju Govind/The Hindu
