'Mega Indian cities can learn lessons from Big Apple'

Highly impressed by the steps taken by New York Police Department (NYPD) to secure the Big Apple from any major terrorist attack, Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram, today said that mega Indian cities like Mumbai and New Delhi could implement some of their practices.

Chidambaram, who was given an extensive briefing by the New York Police commissioner, Raymond Kelly, on the day of his arrival in the US, said he was "impressed" by the steps being taken by NYPD to secure a mega city like that of New York.
    
"Some of those practices can be applied in India's mega cities like Delhi, Mumbai etc," Chidambaram said in response to a question at a press briefing with the Indian media in Washington.
    
"NYPD was in my list (of meetings) because I was keen to know how it was securing a mega city. There is a new book called Securing the City and that describes what Commissioner Kelly has done in NYPD. I was very keen to see how NYPD worked," Chidambaram said.

In the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attack, NYPD has taken several measures to secure the city from 26-11-type attack. It not only sent a team to Mumbai soon after the terrorist attacks, but has also conducted several mock drills to prevent any major casualties if such an attack ever occurs in the city.