The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), custodians of the security at Delhi’s IGI airport, have found several glaring faults with the perimeter intrusion detection system (PIDS) — touted as a state-of-the-art mechanism to secure the airport’s boundaries. The system was supposed to be installed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) before the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
But it got delayed and was finally handed over to the CISF for trial in October last year. The system consists of a taut wire with motion sensors, CCTV cameras, buried cables to detect intrusion and a high-resolution radar. The CISF have refused to take over the system after a week-long audit.
The agency has pointed out several glitches in the system, which was claimed to have provided a foolproof wall around the airport premises. During the audit of the PIDS, the CISF found that the system was generating 1,500 false alarms per day.
It also found CCTV cameras focusing elsewhere instead of the actual place of intrusion, radars not detecting human movement and several non-functional cameras due to frequent power failure.
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