CISF security to more power plants on anvil

10 Mar 10

As on date 72 power plants all over the country are being provided security cover by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). There is a proposal to extend CISF security cover to some more power plants in the country and surveys are under process.

Militant and terrorist outfits had planned to target some power plants in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Besides the terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, there are also reports of CPI-Maoist having undertaken extensive plans to target CISF armoury located in some power plants.

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mullappally Ramachandran in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

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