Ahmedabad airport to get more CISF security

The government has approved 1004 new posts in CISF for augmenting security at several public and private installations, including Ahmedabad Airport and Infosys in Mysore.

In its order, the Home Ministry approved the creation of 323 posts in the Central Industrial Security Force for Koderma Thermal Power Project, Jharkhand, 239 posts for Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station, West Bengal and 200 posts for Pragati Power Station, Delhi.

CISF posts were also created for establishments like Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station, West Bengal (84 posts), Infosys Technologies, Mysore (54 posts), Ahmedabad Airport (45 posts), Paricha Thermal Power Project, Uttar Pradesh (42 posts) and National Security Council Secretariat and Joint Intelligence Committee, New Delhi (17 posts). In the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack, the government had brought a new clause in the CISF Act in 2009 to extend security cover.