The Sunday Standard

Lessons Not Learnt

Kiran Tare

A week after the Paris attacks, which followed a pattern similar to the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, what is the state of security measures put in place in Maximum City? After almost six years of red-tapism, only 1,000 CCTV cameras have been installed, covering only the Colaba-Worli stretch. Scanners for explosives costing `6 crore are not working. All-terrain bikes are rusting. High-power rifles, which can blast through concrete walls, have not been used once. The 300-strong ‘Force One’, raised to deal with terror attacks, was used only once for crowd control in 2009 when Mantralaya caught fire on June 21, 2012.    

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