Mumbai: Worried about repeated security threats to Juhu airport, the state government has stepped in to provide security cover to it. The airport authority was unable to pay the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the airport has been functioning with inadequate security. The state government, therefore, offered them its own security forces at a very reasonable cost.
VIPs and the corporate sector mostly use the airport. It houses most of the helicopters that come to the city and also supports the oil industry.
“We have offered the airport Maharashtra State Security Corporation’s personnel at a reasonable cost. The airport is important as it has helicopters, private take-offs and oil operations too. Our security is on par with CISF and we are confident that it will soon be deployed at the airport,” additional chief secretary of the home department, K.P. Bakshi told The Asian Age.
The Maharashtra State Security Corporation has over 3,000 trained personnel and will provide 50 of them for airport security. It will charge `22,000 per personnel per month and the cost of which comes around `11 lakh, while CISF has been demanding in crores for the security, sources in the home department said. Also, the Maharashtra State Security Corporation has deployed its personnel at JNPT, BPT, state government establishments and semi-government institutions. They have been specially trained to handle situations at important establishments like the airport, sources added.
23/02/15 Shruti Ganapatye/Asian Age
VIPs and the corporate sector mostly use the airport. It houses most of the helicopters that come to the city and also supports the oil industry.
“We have offered the airport Maharashtra State Security Corporation’s personnel at a reasonable cost. The airport is important as it has helicopters, private take-offs and oil operations too. Our security is on par with CISF and we are confident that it will soon be deployed at the airport,” additional chief secretary of the home department, K.P. Bakshi told The Asian Age.
The Maharashtra State Security Corporation has over 3,000 trained personnel and will provide 50 of them for airport security. It will charge `22,000 per personnel per month and the cost of which comes around `11 lakh, while CISF has been demanding in crores for the security, sources in the home department said. Also, the Maharashtra State Security Corporation has deployed its personnel at JNPT, BPT, state government establishments and semi-government institutions. They have been specially trained to handle situations at important establishments like the airport, sources added.
23/02/15 Shruti Ganapatye/Asian Age
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