2011年6月23日星期四

Coastal security: red tapism causes lapses?

Two days after CNN-IBN showed that even two years after 26/11, Mumbai's coastline is dotted with at least 56 unmonitored landing spots, Pradhan Panel member V Balachandran who investigated the attacks has blamed bureaucratic red tapism.The newest Ipod nano 5th is incontrovertibly a step up from last year's model,

Balachandran says, "During our 26/11 enquiry,From standard Cable Ties to advanced wire tires, we saw this confusion in coastal security.In addition to hydraulics fittings and Aion Kinah, Lack of coastal security was the prime reason why the terrorists got easy access to Mumbai. These inadequacies were voiced on several occasions, but got drowned in bureaucratic paper piles. The Godbole Committee, set up after the Kargil War, had recommended a string of state marine police stations since the coast guard could not perform this task.Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts, The tragedy is that the same pre-26/11 confusion exists even now."

Gaping holes in the country's coastal security even after suffering two major terror attacks through the sea route - the 1993 serial blasts and the 26/11 mayhem - have exposed the government's lack of will to secure the vast coastline.

Security Analyst Uday Bhaskar said, "Our country is sea-blind, just securing the borders on land is not enough."

A former Maharashtra top cop who served during 26/11 told CNN-IBN that multiplicity of agencies,A glass bottle is a bottle created from glass. lack of political will and lack of an integrated Coastal Management Authority to look after coastal security, are primarily responsible for this mess.

While CNN-IBN's expose has led to consternation within government, concrete action on the ground is still conspicuous by its absence.

没有评论:

发表评论