CISF reviews security across airports in north India

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director General (DG) Praveer Ranjan chaired a reappraisal gathering successful Chandigarh to measure the agency’s operational preparedness and information arrangements crossed airports successful Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat.

During the meeting, accent was laid connected strengthening preparedness against emerging threats, including drone-related challenges, anti-sabotage measures, and catastrophe effect capabilities, the CISF said.

The D-G emphasised that a operation of continuous carnal training, inter-agency coordination, and accelerated exertion adoption is captious to code modern menace vectors. He besides lauded the brushed skills grooming programmes conducted successful concern with hose operators to amended rider interface and work standards astatine the 72 airports wherever the CISF is deployed.

To antagonistic low-altitude aerial threats effectively, the CISF has rolled retired a phased counter-drone grooming programme for its unit successful adjacent collaboration with the Army. “Conducted astatine aggregate specialised locations, this programme equips unit with precocious capabilities to detect, track, and neutralise hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),” the CISF said.

Counter-terrorism training

The gathering besides reviewed associated grooming initiatives being undertaken with the Army and different agencies successful the areas of counter-terrorism, speedy absorption response, and catastrophe management. The CISF reviewed the cardinal technological and operational upgrades crossed the commercialized airports nether its protection. Discussions centred connected reinforcing perimeter security, upgrading surveillance networks, and adopting next-generation screening tools to support world-class aviation information standards.

The CISF is moving a dedicated thrust to fortify its airdrome speedy absorption teams (QRTs). To date, 659 unit from 49 aviation information groups (ASGs) person successfully completed military-grade ‘Battle Inoculation Training’. To guarantee specialised probe and grooming successful this domain, a connection for the instauration of a CISF Aviation Security Academy (CASA) is presently nether information with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Mr. Ranjan besides commended the professionalism and unwavering committedness of the force’s personnel.