CISF presence to continue at Airport Metro line
9 July 2012 12:24 PM GMT
The CISF will continue the deployment of its personnel and apparatus at the Delhi Metro Airport link, which has suspended its operations beginning on Sunday, for repairs.
The operators of the high-speed link - Reliance Infra, according to sources, had reportedly asked for de-mobilising the armed paramilitary component in their communication to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation [DMRC] for the period of the suspension of operations on the line.
However, no request in this regard has been made to the force, sources privy to the development said.
‘The CISF can only withdraw its personnel on the instructions of its headquarters which will act on the directions of the Union Home Ministry. The troops will be there on the airport Metro link till then,’ they said.
The force has deployed about 400 personnel, including women, to secure the network which connects the national capital’s heart with the Indira Gandhi International Airport [IGIA]. Apart from the normal access control duties at the various airport metro stations, the Central Industrial Security Force [CISF] also has deployed its quick reaction teams of commandos to respond to any armed or terrorist threat to the facility. The cost of CISF deployment and other logistical facilities are borne by the operators of the Metro link.
The force also guards the other network of the Delhi Metro in the national capital and neighbouring cities like Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad.
The operations on the 23-km line have been suspended for an indefinite period owing to faults in the civil structure that the Metro trains runs on.
Meanwhile, public notices were pasted at all six stations on the network that operations have been closed down for the time being. Help desks have been set up at all stations to provide necessary information to passengers who come to board the train. Sources said the desks would continue to function for the next few days to help commuters.
They also said commuters, who have recharged their monthly coupons, can get refund at the help desks located at all stations. The repairs on the line are expected to be completed by the end of August after which the line will be re-opened to public. The line has to be re-certified by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety before it begins commercial operations.
The operators of the high-speed link - Reliance Infra, according to sources, had reportedly asked for de-mobilising the armed paramilitary component in their communication to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation [DMRC] for the period of the suspension of operations on the line.
However, no request in this regard has been made to the force, sources privy to the development said.
‘The CISF can only withdraw its personnel on the instructions of its headquarters which will act on the directions of the Union Home Ministry. The troops will be there on the airport Metro link till then,’ they said.
The force has deployed about 400 personnel, including women, to secure the network which connects the national capital’s heart with the Indira Gandhi International Airport [IGIA]. Apart from the normal access control duties at the various airport metro stations, the Central Industrial Security Force [CISF] also has deployed its quick reaction teams of commandos to respond to any armed or terrorist threat to the facility. The cost of CISF deployment and other logistical facilities are borne by the operators of the Metro link.
The force also guards the other network of the Delhi Metro in the national capital and neighbouring cities like Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad.
The operations on the 23-km line have been suspended for an indefinite period owing to faults in the civil structure that the Metro trains runs on.
Meanwhile, public notices were pasted at all six stations on the network that operations have been closed down for the time being. Help desks have been set up at all stations to provide necessary information to passengers who come to board the train. Sources said the desks would continue to function for the next few days to help commuters.
They also said commuters, who have recharged their monthly coupons, can get refund at the help desks located at all stations. The repairs on the line are expected to be completed by the end of August after which the line will be re-opened to public. The line has to be re-certified by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety before it begins commercial operations.
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