A specialised academy
for the training of personnel responsible for civil aviation security
is to be set up in New Delhi. This was announced by the Civil
Aviation Minister Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain here today. He was
speaking after inaugurating the new building of the Bureau of
Civil Aviation Security’s Delhi Regional Office. The Minister
said, work on the training academy will start in the next couple
of months. Describing Civil Aviation security in the country as
one of the best in the world, the Minister said, Central Industrial
Security Force has been deployed at 45 airports in the country
and they will be deployed in rest of the operational airports
shortly. The Minister said, sky marshals are being deployed on
all the routes on random basis in all the domestic airlines.
Emphasising the need
for vigilance to prevent any untoward incident, the Minister said
airport security audit is being conducted on regular basis. He
said foolproof security of the airports can be provided by a regular
security audit. Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said a new photo identity
card is being introduced for access to the airports, tampering
of which will be next to impossible The Minister said there will
not be any dearth of resources for ensuring security to the sector.
Three Officers of
the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security were honoured by the Minister,
with the presentation of police medals. While Shri Munindra Nath
Chaturvedi was presented the President’s Police Medal, Shri Sishu
Pal Singh and Shri Om Prakash Yadav were presented Indian Police
Medals.
The Minister of State
for Civil Aviation, Shri Sripad Yesso Naik, Secretary Civil Shri
K. Roy Paul and the Commissioner of Civil Aviation Security Shri
T.K. Mitra were present on the occasion.
