Slow and Unsteady ; Mumbai Continues to Live in Fear As Terror Alerts Pour in Every Day. While the State Is Working On a Blueprint, the Police Force Remains Ill-Equipped to Handle a Major Attack.
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Mumbai is on the edge. Eight months after the gruesome 26/11 terror attacks shook the city, India's financial capital is on its toes as each day brings with it a new threat. India's urbs prima is on red alert at all times. An e-mail threatens to blow up a suburban station one day and on another intelligence reports warn of an attack on a vital installation.
Snipers at high-profile locations, checkpoints across the city and gun-toting officers outside malls and hospitals are a common sight. At one level, the sight of policemen armed with carbines reflects the state's preparedness, but reality reveals otherwise.See the full content of this document
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Slow and Unsteady ; Mumbai Continues to Live in Fear As Terror Alerts Pour in Every Day. While the State Is Working On a Blueprint, the Police Force Remains Ill-Equipped to Handle a Major Attack.
Mumbai is yet to get its own crack force, which can combat and restrict any terror attack, because change has been slow both in the corridors of power and within the police force. The over 352-member commando unit of the state, Force One, which was to be ready by March 2009, is still not operational. In these eight months, not a single bulletproof jacket (BPJ) or helmet ha...
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