Despite financial constraints and procedural delays, the successive governments in the state have attempted to implement the slew of recommendations made by the high-level committee headed by former union home secretary Ram Pradhan.
Ironically, the security experts believe that security at the Mumbai suburban railway stations and along the coastline still remains an area of concern. There has been a deployment of paltry 4,000 police personnel while the daily 80 lakh commuters travel on central, western and harbour railway lines. The CCTVs have been installed in the majority of railway stations but they are not enough to counter terror attacks.
State Home Department officer told DNA,'' Efforts are being made to equip the law enforcement agencies. Special training is provided in the Pune based Military Engineering College while Israeli technology was also deployed to train them in the detecting bombs and its disposal. In addition to this, police personnel below 30 years of age were recruited in the QRT who are trained to use ultra-modern gadgets like MP5, AK-47.'' He informed that Anti-Terrorist Squad has been established in each police station across the city. Besides, 4,000 new bulletproof jackets were provided after controversy erupted on the very quality of such jackets provided earlier.
NSG's former director general and former Mumbai police commissioner RD Tyagi said even though the situation has changed quite a lot in the last 10 years, it does not mean that the terrorists cannot attack the city again. ''Terrorists have their own ways to breach the intelligence set up. It is a constant fight between the terrorist organisations and the police,'' he noted.
The officer said in all 57 boats have been deployed on the 720 km coastline of which 23 are in Mumbai alone. However, the officer admitted that these boats are not enough to chase modern boats if used by terrorists. Two coastal police stations were set up at Mahim and Gorai in the city. Despite the sanctioned posts of 750 in Mahim only 50 are working while in Gorai 120 personnel are deployed. Besides, state of the art Marine Operation Room is operational at Bandra.
However, security analyst IC Sisodia observed that it is not enough. ''Since the terrorists are becoming sophisticated, it is necessary to technologically improve the intelligence mechanism, upscale electronic surveillance system and communication interception abilities,'' he said.
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