Lok Sabha Question No. 3471 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Security Lapses at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. : 3471 (To be answered  on the 23ro March 2017)

## SECURITY LAPSES AT AIRPORTS

3471.  SHRI P. KUMAR

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVTATION ildpfuddfl be pleased  to state:-

- (a) the details of the incidents of lapses in security-reported  at Yario-us airports oltthe country and whether the same were brought to the notice of Bureau of Civit Aviation Security  during the last three years and the current  year' yearwise;
- (b) tfie action taken against the persons found glilty in such incidents; and ici the remedial m-easures faken by the Government to prevent the i"o".u...r,.. of such lapses in secuiity at the airports in the country?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CML AVIATION ffirfuildtiil-ffdrmdfi

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a):  The details.  resion-wise, of the number  of cases of security lapses brought io'the notice of BIreau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)' the regulatory authority  for civil aviation in the country, at various airports in the country during the last three years and the current year are annexed'
- (b): BCAS investigates into such lapses-on need basis and brings. them to the idtice of the concErned  agencies foi taking appropriate corrective/remedial action.
- (c): BCAS issues necessary guidelines / instructions  from time to time to avoid irich lapses. Some of the steps taken to strengthen security\_arrangements in.luAeii.e  Uound deploymeit  ofCentral  Industrial Securitylorce  (CISF) at ^i.ooitr. deplovment rif 0uicX  Reaction  Teams (QRTs) at major airports and ..glrlu. *oriitoi'ing of security arrangements  through inspections  and dummy checks,

## DETAILS OF SECURITY LAPSES REPORTED  DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE CURRENT  YEAR

| st. No.     | Airyort (R€gion-wise)   | Y6ar 2014   | Year 2015   | Year 2016   | Year 20'17 (Up to 2't"t March.20l7)   |
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.          | Mumbai                  | 01          | 01          | NIL         | NIL                                   |
| 2.          | Delhi                   | 02          | NiL         | 05          | NIL                                   |
| 3.          | Kolkata                 | N L         | NIL         | Nrt         | NIL                                   |
| 4.          | Chennai                 | N L         | NIL         | 01          | 03                                    |
| 5.          | Guwahati                | N L         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                   |
| 6.          | Amritsar                | N L         | NIL         | 02          | NIL                                   |
| 7.          | Hvderabad               | N L         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                   |
| 8.          | Ahmedabad               | N L         | NIL         | Ntt         | NIL                                   |
| Total       | Total                   | 03          | 01          | 08          | 03                                    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total             | l5          | l5          | l5          | l5                                    |