Lok Sabha Question No. 1851 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Security Lapses at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1851

(To be answered on the 5th 2016) May

## SECURITY LAPSES AT AIRPORTS

1851

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state: -

- (a) the details of the incidents of lapses in security taken place at various Airports of the country and whether the same were brought to the notice of Bureau 0f Civil Aviation Security during the last three years and the current year, year-wise;
- (b) the action taken against the person found guilty in such incidents; and
- the remedial measures taken by the Government to prevent the re-occurrence of such lapses in security at the airports in the country?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- (a): The details, zone-wise, of the number of cases of security lapses brought to the notice of 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:
- (b): BCAS investigated into such lapses on need basis BCAS brought such security lapses to the notice of the concerned agencies for taking appropriate corrective/remedial action.
- (c): BCAS has issued necessary guidelines/instructions from time to time to avoid such lapses: Some of the taken to strengthen security arrangements include time bound deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at airports, deployment 0f Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) at major airports and regular monitoring of security arrangements through inspections and dummy checks. steps

## DETAILS QE\_SECURITY LAPSES REPORTED DURING IHE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE CURRENI 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                                |
|             | Hyderabad             | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                |
| 8           | Ahmedabad             | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL                                |
| Total       | Total                 | 01          | 03          | 01          |                                    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total           | 05          | 05          | 05          | 05                                 |

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