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Aviation sector to up airport security

At present, the security system is airport specific and not centralised as should ideally be, claim the officials from ministry of civil aviation

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As aviation sector and its related infrastructure around the world is increasingly getting under the radar of terrorists, India will soon be implementing a unified command structure for the safety of its airports, airline and passengers. This will be on the lines of countries like US and others who have the same structure.

At present, the security system is airport specific and not centralised as should ideally be, claim the officials from ministry of civil aviation.

Jayant Sinha, civil aviation minister of state, in an aviation summit organised by IMC chamber of commerce and industry in Mumbai on Tuesday said that in India on certain airports the security is maintained by CRPF, while at most other airports it's the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) which is mandated with the task. On few other airports local police are incharge for the same. " We are working with CISF on how to move forward in this regard" said Sinha.

The development comes after a similar concept was being mulled by the civil aviation ministry in 2010 to create a dedicated aviation security force (ASF) for the civil aviation airports across the country. An expert team of Consultants from UN backed International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) was engaged in 2010 to study the restructuring of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and other aspects related to aviation security in India. However, the plan was later shelved.

The aviation ministry officials said that the working on unified command has been happening since past few years as there has been plan to gradually hand over the security of sensitive airports like Srinagar and Imphal to CISF from the custody of CRPF. Similarly, Aizwal airport which is secured by the state police is also being planned to be handed over to CISF for manning.

According to the experts, the cost of terror related attack is huge for the economy. For example Belgium reportedly suffered loss of about €1 billion loss in the aftermath of the March Brussels terror attacks.

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