NEW DELHI: Twenty hyper-sensitive Indian airports lack counter terrorist contingency plans covering their approach roads and it is “quite scary” that eight of them are also not covered by CISF, a Parliamentary panel has said, stressing the urgent need for an aviation security policy “before an untoward incident takes place”.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, in a latest report, said it found “it quite scary to know that the security of eight of our hyper- sensitive and 19 of our sensitive airports are not covered by the CISF which has now become the only specialised force for aviation security;
“Now, the question is who is then guarding these airports and how secure these airports are?”
The panel also found serious deficiency in crucial security gadgets at several airports and commented that “aviation security has not received the attention and importance that it deserves.”(AGENCIES)
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