Letter: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) took over security settings at the airport mail on Wednesday.
About 360 armed personnel have been appointed because they provide counter-terrorist protection at the airport, officials said.
Letter is the 65th civil airport under the Aviation Security Group (ASG) from Force Central which functions under the Ministry of the Union House.
The formal induction ceremony for Deputy CISF Jawan was held on Wednesday at the airport in the president of BJP CR Paatil, Minister of Home (state) Harsh Sanghvi, Mayor of Hemali Boghawala, Mla Zankhhna Patel, Sangita Patel and City Commissioner of Police Ajay Tomar.
The letter is the largest diamond cutting center and polishing in the country and according to officials, the airport handles more than 1.25 lakh passengers per month.
The center has gave labor sanctions for the airport in the middle of 2020 but CISF induction at the facility, was run by the Indian Airport Authority (AAA), continued to be delayed due to logistical problems, officials said here.
A deputy commander officer will head the CISF contingent, they added.
The airport mail has regular commercial flights that connect the main domestic destinations such as Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Bangalore, among others.
Previously, the airport was guarded by Gujarat police personnel and their reserve unit since 2003.
In Gujarat, CISF has maintained the airport in Bhuj, Bhavnagar, Vadodara Ahmedabad, Rajkot, and Porbandar.
The city police will start a police station under the Jurisdiction of the Dumas Police Station at the airport where it will work in coordination with the Authority of the Airport and CISF.
The powerful paramilitary paramilitary personnel were designated as the National Civil Aviation Security Force and the previous government said that it would gradually remember more charges and more civil airports.
CISF, according to the protocol at other civil airports, will provide a 24×7 armed cover to facilities, and exciting passengers and their items before the plane ride.
Troops will be armed with assault rifles such as the AK series and Insas, and will humans perimeter airports from the supervisory tower established in Vantage position in addition to having a quick reaction team borne by a vehicle, an officer said before.
The airport letter finally got the security of CISF which was a lot of awaited
