The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on the airport’s Terminal-1 is engaged in frisking passengers, scanning their cabin baggage and offering a complete armed anti-hijack and counter-terrorist cowl, the officers stated.
The Union house ministry just lately sanctioned a contemporary manpower of about 1,700 CISF personnel for the Bengaluru airport along with the three,500 employees presently posted there, a senior safety officer instructed PTI.
This was accredited after a safety audit was carried out by safety and intelligence companies within the wake of the operalisation of the brand new Terminal-2 of the airport, the officer stated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in November final yr inaugurated the KIA’s Terminal-2, which is an eco-friendly facility constructed at an estimated price of Rs 5,000 crore.
The contemporary deployment of personnel was required contemplating the truth that the passenger load on the airport will develop and extra check-in counters and amenities have been created.
An identical addition of 1,400 CISF personnel was sanctioned just lately by the Centre for the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.
The CISF presently guards 66 civil airports within the nation and manpower rationalisation and augmentation at another such amenities is underway, the officer stated.
