INDIAN AIRPORT WEDGED AGAINST BANGLADESH BORDER TO EXPAND SECURITY FORCE
August 1st, 2018
India’s newly renamed Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishor Manikya Bahadur Airport, in Tripura state, which has its boundary wall running along a heavily defended Bangladesh border, is getting extra security and a new terminal building.
“As it is a hyper sensitive airport, its sanctioned strength of security force will soon be increased from 224 to 330,” Shekhar Dev Burman, director of the airport told Jane’s. The cost of securing the inner parameters of the airport is born by the Airport Authority of India, the owner of the airport.
According to Mr Burman, the ...
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