Delhi Airport Chaos: Key Meet Today After Minister’s “No Shortage Of…” Word

In order to ensure quicker security checks and lessen the pressure over the Christmas season, the Union Home Ministry will deploy an additional 1,200 members of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the Delhi airport, in addition to the 5,000 or so presently stationed there, NDTV has learned.

According to sources, the decision will be made at a conference convened by the Home Secretary as a result of concerns that the check-in process is taking longer than expected—more than four hours as compared to the typical two hours—before passengers can board aircraft.

In addition to overseeing security checks, the CISF patrols and inspects the airport as part of its counterterrorism responsibilities.

The Civil Aviation Minister previously told NDTV that there is no scarcity of CISF and that the lengthy wait time is a “operations issue” brought on by the volume of rush that “nobody had imagined.” He did mention that the CISF deployment could be enhanced to the news agency ANI.

The wait time at security lines has been decreased to four minutes as of today, according to airport authorities. Over the preceding three weeks, it had gone on for more than an hour. Security checkpoint counters have increased from 13 to 17, according to Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s statement to NDTV yesterday. “We intend to raise it to 20 security lines in a few days. Additionally, we have taken down any pointless obstacles “added he.

He had claimed that the congestion was “not a CISF issue”. “There is no shortfall of CISF personnel. The DG of CISF was with me in the three-hour meeting and I asked the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) as well, if this was a CISF issue. I was told there is no problem from CISF side. They are in fact cooperating fully with the airport requirements,” he said.