No security stamp on hand baggage tag at seven airports
23 Feb 2017 11:11 PM IST
Fliers from seven airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, will no longer have to get security stamp on their hand baggages with authorities scrapping the system following successful trial runs.
In a circular on Thursday, civil aviation security regulator BCAS said the system of putting security stamp on hand baggage tags would be immediately done away with at seven airports --Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Cochin. "Airport operator shall ensure that the requisite monitoring system is maintained all through at PESC (Pre- embarkation Security Check) points," the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) said.
Last year, the authorities had started trial run with respect to doing away with security stamp on hand baggage tags at these seven airports. BCAS said it is pertinent to mention that the trial run for the same has already been successfully conducted in two phases after putting in place the requisite surveillance and monitoring system.
"The feedback from the trial run has been analysed and a positive response has been recorded," it added.
CISF not on board for quick execution
The Civil Aviation Ministry's plan of doing away with hand baggage tags of fliers may not be implemented quickly as the CISF, which secures the country's airports, has objected to its immediate execution.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), security regulator for civil flying operations, on Thursday issued a circular shelving the mandatory practice of putting security tags on hand baggages at seven major airports with "immediate effect".
"A trial run was run by the CISF at few airports to see if hand baggage tags could be done away with. The trial was found to be successful but a feedback was drawn which required deployment of requisite security gadgets, CCTVs and smart cameras in the airports terminal before such an initiative can take off.
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