An official says all of the factors at airport the place CISF must work together with passengers, are manned by personnel who know Tamil.
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Central Industrial Safety Drive (CISF) personnel are being educated to talk Tamil earlier than getting deployed on the Chennai Airport, S.R. Saravanan, Inspector Normal, CISF South Sector Headquarters, Chennai, stated on Monday.
On the sidelines of a meet to announce CISF Coastal Cyclothon 2026, he stated, there exists a separate switch coverage and of the full variety of personnel deployed in Chennai, 60 per cent are from south India.
“Whereas 30 per cent of these deployed are Tamil, one other 30 per cent will likely be from Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh. The remainder of the 40 per cent come from different elements of the nation. We offer teaching in Tamil to those that don’t know and ensure they know the fundamentals,” he stated.
R. Ponni, Deputy Inspector Normal, CISF, Chennai Airport, stated all of the factors at airport the place CISF must work together with passengers, are manned by personnel who know Tamil.
On whether or not there’s a manpower scarcity of CISF personnel on the airport, Ms. Ponni replied within the detrimental. Presently, 2,128 personnel are posted on the airport.
Hybrid mannequin safety
Mr. Saravanan famous hybrid mannequin of safety is the best way ahead in future. Whereas the core areas will at all times have CISF personnel, personal safety personnel will likely be current within the non-core areas.
Solely about 25-30 such personal personnel are manning the airport, Ms. Ponni stated.
On the difficulty of GPS spoofing at airports, she stated Chennai too had confronted such issues final yr. A devoted committee is trying into combating this, she stated.
Coastal cyclothon
CISF will organise the second version of the CISF Vande Mataram Coastal Cyclothon 2026 and Union Minister of State for Dwelling Affairs Nityanand Rai will nearly flag off the occasion on January 28.
The 25-day, 6,553 km biking expedition, which is able to cowl your entire mainland shoreline of the nation, will start at Bakkhali in West Bengal on January 28, attain Chennai on February 13, after touching a number of areas and finish at Kochi on February 22.
Printed – January 20, 2026 08:33 am IST
