Paridhi Arya
Published on April 20, 2022 at 14:16 IST
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has permitted the capacity of 100 per cent passengers after two years restriction passed due to COVID-19.
There long queues noticed in airports as soon the restrictions were lifted by the Ministry.
In recent Budget Session of the Parliament Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has put forward its report in which they had suggested that inside the airport Non-Intrusive Screening Technology should be adopted.
“The Committee also notes that the Ministry proposes to increase the number of flights. The Committee observes that at most of the airports in the Country, Door Frame Metal Detectors (DFMDs), Hand Held Metal Detectors (HHMDs) and physical frisking are done on a random basis,” stated in Report.
Panel suggested the introduction of Retinal Scanner and Biometric facility as it will help in reducing the crowd and do not intrude the privacy of passengers.
The Committee desires that the Ministry may examine the feasibility of retinal scans for frisking passengers, as the retinal scan data of most of the domestic passengers are available in the Aadhaar database,” the report said.
“Biometric security is non-intrusive and faster than conventional screening, which leads to faster screening of passengers and leads to less crowding at airports and is therefore being introduced in many airports abroad. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the global best practices for biometric scanning and screening of passengers should be introduced in the country,” it added.
On Monday there were 4 lakhs passengers who boarded domestic flight looking at this Jyotiraditya Scindia who is Civil Aviation Minister has shown confidence that soon the industry will be in pre pandemic level.
It was a very difficult time in the previous years due to the COVID pandemic. We have seen over 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 lakhs passengers in a day over the last 10 days. I’m confident that travelling–both domestically and internationally, in India is coming back strong.” said by Scindia.