The Hindu Business Line : AAI to install Radars to strengthen air security

BERHAMPUR (Orissa): In a bid to strengthen security in the wake of Mumbai terror attack, Airport Authority of India will soon install three monopulse secondary surveillance radars (MSSR) in Orissa and West Bengal.

“The MSSRs will closely watch the movement of aircraft in the sky as well as their landing in any place,'' Mr P K Singhal, AAI executive director (Eastern Region), Kolkata, said here.

The MSSR can make surveillance to about 200 nautical miles or about 200 km and their installation is part of the security measures taken by the Centre after the Mumbai attacks.

The radars would be installed in Kolkata and Raniganj in West Bengal and Jharsuguda in Orissa for proper surveillance of aircraft moving in the region, Mr Singhal said.

At present only one MSSR is functioning here in Orissa's Ganjam district since 1992.

The radar installed at Berhampur is capable of making surveillance up to 400 km in air path and functions without an airport, he said.

Mr Singhal said in view of cut in fuel prices and subsequent reduction in air-fares by major airways, the number of air-passengers is expected to grow manifold as the aviation sector is poised for a boom in the next two to three years. - PTI

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