Lok Sabha Question No. 1965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Security at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY, PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

1965.

PROF SAUGATA ROY SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1965

(To be answered on the 5th1 May 2016)

## SECURITY AT AIRPORTS

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be pleased to state: -

- reviewed preparations 0f different layers % security mechanism at the airports in the country in view of terrorist threats;
- (b): if the details thereof; SO,
- (c): whether the Government proposes to form & dedicated trained force for airport security operations in the country; special
- (d): if so, the details thereof; and
- (e): the details of airports in the country which do not have CISF security cover and reasons for the same?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a)& (b): Yes, Madam. Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS); the regulatory authority for Civil Aviation security in the country, conducts regular.audits and inspections to ensure that the various regulations regarding security are carried out on the ground. Security own and Aviation Security Group to ensure compliance of responsibilities assigned to respective agencies

study was conducted in 2011, through a study team of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which inter-alia recommended for creation of a dedicated Aviation Security Force. Pursuant to the recommendations made by Committee of Secretaries (CoS) and based on prioritization %f Airports; CISF has been deployed at 59 Airports in India till date. A list of Civil Airports in the country which do not have CISF security cover, but covered by other Security agencies, is annexed.

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## Details\_of airports\_which are\_not manned by CISF

| SI No_   | Name of Airport        | State/UT       | Name of the Security AgencylForce                                |
|----------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | Puttaparthy            | Andhra Pradesh | State Police                                                     |
| 2        | Rajamundry_            | Andhra Pradesh | State Police                                                     |
| 3        | Vijayawada             | Andhra Pradesh | State Police                                                     |
| 4        | Kadapa                 | Andhra Pradesh | State Police                                                     |
| 5        | Jamnagar               | Gujarat        | State Police                                                     |
| 6        | Kandla                 | Gujarat        | State Police                                                     |
| 7        | Surat                  | Gujarat        | State Police                                                     |
| 8        | Jammu                  | J & K          | State Police and CRPF                                            |
| 9        | Srinagar               | J & K          | State Police and CRPF                                            |
| 10       | KBR Airport Leh_       | J & K          | State Police and CRPF                                            |
| 11       | Jamshedpur_            | Jharkhand      | State Police                                                     |
| 12       | Belgaum                | Karnataka      | State Police & Karnataka State Industrial Security Force (KSISF) |
| 13       | Hubli                  | Karnataka      | State Police & KSISF                                             |
| 14       | Mysore                 | Karnataka      | State Police                                                     |
| 15       | Agatti                 | Lakshadweep    |                                                                  |
| 16       | Jabalpur               | Madhya Pradesh | State Police                                                     |
| 17       | Kolhapur               | Maharashtra    | State Police                                                     |
| 18       | Nanded                 | Maharashtra    | State Police                                                     |
| 19       | Nasik                  | Maharashtra    | State Police                                                     |
| 20       | Lengpui                | Mizoram        | State Police and CRPF                                            |
| 21       | PuducheerylPondicherry | Pondicherry    | Indian Reserve Battalion                                         |
| 22       | Ludhiana               | Punjab         | State Police                                                     |
| 23       | Pathankot              | Punjab         | State Police                                                     |
| 24       | Kota                   | Rajasthan      | State Police                                                     |
| 25       | Jaisalmer              | Rajasthan      | State Police                                                     |
| 26       | Tuticourion            | Tamil Nadu     | State Police                                                     |
| 27       | Salen                  | Tamil Nadu     | State Police                                                     |
| 28       | Allahabad              | Uttar Pradesh  | State Police                                                     |
| 29       | Gorakhpur              | Uttar Pradesh  | State Police                                                     |
| 30       | Pant Nagar             | Uttarakhand    | State Police                                                     |
| 31       | Cooch Behar            | West Bengal    | State Police                                                     |
| 32       | Durgapur               | West Bengal    | State Police                                                     |