Lok Sabha Question No. 1363 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Security at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, P.R. SUNDARAM, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIA TION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 1363 (To be answered on the March 2016) 3rd

## SECURITY AT AIRPORTS

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.  SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR

SHRI PRSUNDARAM

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SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIA TION

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be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether Delhi Police has recently advised airlines offices at airport to install caller ID landline phones and handsets;
- (c) the total number of cases reported regarding loopholes in safety and security at airports in the country during the last three years and the current year, year-wise;
- (6) if s0, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to review the present security arrangements and to ensure security at airports in the country;
- (d) the total number of persons against whom action has been taken/proposed to be taken in such cases during the said period;
- (f) if s0, the details thereof?
- (e) whether the Government has received any Parliamentary Committee report on removal of Ioopholes prevailing in security arrangements of airports in view 0f terrorist threats in the country; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIA TION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a) & (b): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

(c): The details regarding number of cases of security lapses brought to the notice %f Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS); the regulatory authority for civil aviation security in the country, at various airports in the country during the last three years and the current year are annexed. Airports

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Authority\_of India (AAI) have reported two cases of animal hits in the year 2014 (at Indore airport and Surat airport) and one case of animal hit (at Jabalpur airport) in the year 2015.

In the backdrop of the violent incident occurred at Karipur International Airport at Kozhikode on 10th June, 2015, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture took up the issues related to Security at Airports in India in a meeting held on 1Oth 2015. The Committee visited the Delhi Airport on 3st August, 2015 to have on-the-spot study of the security arrangements at the airport: During its study visit to Mumbai Airport and Cochin Airport, the Committee also held meeting with all agencies involved in providing security to these airports Based on the discussions, the Committee presented its Report (230th) on "Issues related to Security at Airports in India" which inter alia recommends that there should be a co-ordination mechanism involving all stakeholders to the Commissioner of Security; BCAS to perform his duties satisfactorily. July, help

(d): BCAS investigated into such lapses on need basis and brought such security lapses to the notice of the concerned agencies for taking appropriate correctivelremedial action. As per the inputs provided by AAI action against eight persons has been taken:

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

| No_         | Airport Region-wise   | Year 2013   | Year 2014   | Year 2015   | Year 2016 (Up to February, 2016)   |
|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------|
| 1           | Mumbai                | NIL         | 01          | 01          | NIL                                |
| 2           | Delhi                 | NIL         | 02          | NIL         | NIL                                |
| 3           | Kolkata               | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                |
| 4           | Chennai               | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                |
| 5           | Guwahati              | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                |
| 6.          | Amritsar              | 01          | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                |
| 7 .         | Hyderabad             | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                |
| 8           | Ahmadabad             | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                |
| Total       | Total                 | 01          | 03          | 01          | 00                                 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total           | 05          | 05          | 05          | 05                                 |

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