TBM Staff - Mumbai
The Centre has sanctioned a 1,700-strong armed security contingent from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for the upcoming Noida international airport, which is scheduled to commence operations in April 2025.
The CISF, designated as India’s national civil aviation security force, currently guards 68 airports across the country with a strength of about 38,000 personnel.
The Noida airport unit will comprise both male and female personnel under the leadership of a deputy inspector general-rank officer. This security deployment is specifically intended for the initial phase of the airport’s operational rollout.
The CISF, a Central Armed Police Force under the home ministry, assumed responsibility for securing civil airports in the aftermath of the 1999 hijack of Indian Airlines’ Kathdwara-Delhi flight IC-814 to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Jaipur airport marked the CISF’s inaugural security assignment in February 2000.
Originally slated to begin operations in September, the airport’s timeline has been extended to April 2025 due to construction delays. Located in the Jewar area of Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district, approximately 75 kilometers southeast of Delhi, the ambitious public-private partnership project is touted to become India’s largest airport upon completion.
The first phase of the airport will feature a single runway and a terminal building designed to handle an annual passenger capacity of 1.2 crore, as confirmed by project officials
