Just 3 days after the latest Mumbai blasts, all the Airports and major towns' security level were raised to the highest. Or so claimed the Government.
But the reality is a joke. And a bad joke at that.
Listen to a traveller who boarded the flight from Chennai International Airport on 16th of July.
"The Airport is in a mess and a disgrace to the Country. Leave that aside. There was hardly any perimeter security. Anyone could walk upto the main gate with impunity and a couple of bombs if required. There were just two Security people at the main gate checking the Passport and Ticket. They did not even compare the photo in the passport with that of the passenger. On entering, there was a free for all. The visitors who had come to send off the passengers were just separated by a small partition, which some of them were seen to jump over with impunity. There were NO, I REPEAT NO, security personnel in the check in counter area. The most bizarre thing was that the Check in Baggages were NOT SCREENED at all prior to Check in. This has never happened to me in any airport in the world. The passengers were allowed to check in the baggages without either them or the baggages undergoing the security screening. Maybe they were screening once check in was done. But if something were to be found in the bags, then how do they apprehend the culprit?. The security check post immigration was alright, but one couldn't see anything special about it. And there were again no security personnel in the Aerobridge"
God save our country!!!
