CISF asks Jammu, Srinagar and Ayodhya airport operators to get full body scanners
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has asked airport operators at the Jammu, Srinagar and Ayodhya airports to install full-body scanners (FBS) on priority, even as a three-month trial of the scanners is underway at four airports, including New Delhi, officials aware of the matter said. The government has also planned to install nine such certified full-body scanners at the Parliament House premises. CISF asks Jammu, Srinagar and Ayodhya airport operators to get full body scanners An official, who asked not to be named, said that while the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has asked airports, which handle over five million passengers annually, to use the technology, operators at Srinagar, Ayodhya and Jammu have been directed to get it on priority due to the sensitivity of the airport. The Ayodhya airport was inaugurated on December 30, 2023, and flight operations started on January 10, 2024. Because of its location and passenger movement for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, it has been tagged a hypersensitive airport. “Last month, full-body scanners (FBS) were installed at airports in Delhi, …
