Boasting of high-tech security gadgets, scanners, huge presence of security personnel and strict frisking at all check-in points, the country's one of the most modern airports -- Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport -- might give a sense of safety to the passengers, but the reality seemed different after a reality check.
A Headlines Today special investigation team circumvented all those layers of security and simply walked in with a camera to the point from where aircraft taking off and landing could be easily filmed.
After the completion of the Terminal 3 (T3), there has been another big project - Aero City, a mega hospitality centre - underway at the airport. The Aero City is being built adjacent to the airport terminals and well within the crucial airport security perimeter, adjoining the Delhi-Gurgaon highway.
There has been a major gap in the perimeter wall to facilitate transportation of construction material at the construction site. The gap could lead one to some highly sensitive areas within the airport premises. Moreover, no security personnel were found anywhere to secure the entry as the Headlines Today team entered the compound.
The TV crew walked into the airport premises without being checked by any security personnel. The team reached a temple and took a slip path leading to the construction site where large-scale construction was on in full swing for the upcoming 45 acre hospitality hub where more than 10 five-star hotels and malls are being constructed.
Thousands of labourers have been working day and night at these sites, dangerously close to some highly sensitive areas of the airport. The investigation discovered a route that took the Headlines Today team past the building sites, closer to some sensitive zones. The team walked towards the runway fearing a shout any moment that would put a stop to the investigation. But that did not happen.
The investigation team even managed to reach right next to the localiser wall and nobody could check it. The Headlines Today team spent about half-an-hour at the spot and no one noticed its presence right next to the runway. A terrorist in this place could have had a clear shot at a landing aircraft.
While going back towards the Aero City site, the Headlines Today team reached a spot just a few metres from the Aviation Research Centre hangar, which is used to park Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) aircraft. Here also, the team waited for around 30 minutes for somebody to notice the security breach. However, like everywhere else, there were no checks.
Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in
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