(a) whether the Government have identified Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Jammu and Kashmir and Bangalore Airports as `Ultra Hyper sensitive airports`;
(b) if so, whether any circular has since been issued by the Government recently to the respective airport authorities in this regard;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the steps being taken by the airport authorities for the safety of these airports?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a),(b),(c) & (d): Threat perception for our airports is
assessed periodically, and airports are categorized from
time-to-time on this basis. Security measures are adopted
at the airports accordingly, keeping the International Civil
Aviation Organisation`s guidelines in view. Security
measures taken include:-
(i) Perimeter wall/fencing
(ii) 100% screening of hand baggage by X-Ray machines or by manual check
(iii) Secondary ladder point check of passengers and their hand baggage
(iv) Deployment of sky marshals on selected routes at random basis
(v) Deployment of Quick Reaction Teams.