Professional approach to tackle terrorism stressed by experts

India needs a professional approach to counter terrorism which is one of the most serious problems plaguing the country today, said S B Mishra, former Chief Secretary of the Orissa government.

“The terror attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai on November 26 last year caught the entire country off guard. We need a professional approach to combat terrorism which is one of the four major problems in India along with insurgency, economic disparities between the rich and poor and the rapid erosion of moral values”, Mishra said.

He was speaking at a panel discussion on Terrorism, organized here by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to pay tributes to the martyrs who lost their lives during the terror attack on Taj Hotel in Mumbai on November 26 last year.

Speaking on the occasion, S D Mahanti, former major general of the Indian Army said, “Today, the entire nation is reminiscent of the terror attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai on November 26 last year. It is very easy to blame the police and the paramilitary forces in cases of terror attack but the citizens got to have a certain level of awareness and alertness.”

S K Tamotia, former chairman of CII-Orissa and Aditya Dash, chairman of the Bhubaneswar chapter of CII-Young Indians also spoke on the occasion.