Agartala, March 28 (UNI) Tripura government wrote to Union Home Ministry to deploy an adequate number of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel in MBB airport of Agartala to begin the night landing of aircraft and extend the airport service 24x7, said Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury in the assembly on Tuesday.
Replying to calling attention, Chowdhury said that the Ministry of Civil Aviation has constructed one of the most modern airports in the country with all facilities. But due to a shortage of security personnel and fire service crews, the airport has not yet been functional round the clock, which has already been taken up with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Civil Aviation.
He said for round-the-clock service airport needs at least 342 CISF personnel and a contingent of fire service crew but MBB airport is now having only 230 CISF which becomes a hurdle for the airport authority to run the airport all the time. The shortage of 112 CISF personnel prevented the airport to extend the service beyond specified hours.