Preparedness of Mumbai post 26/11 seven years after attacks

Seven years ago on 26/11, Mumbai saw a series of terror attacks on India's financial capital for over 60 hours and one of the terrorists was captured, and hanged. Recently, Paris also witnessed a Mumbai style attack on November 13 when terrorists struck simultaneously at different locations. The modus operandi was similar to that of Mumbai. On the eve of the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, analysts at the security conference organized in Mumbai debated on the dynamics of post-Mumbai, post-Paris security architecture for the cities.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 26 November 2015.

As Graeme Millar, former London Police officer, has said - countries will have to come together to fight terrorism and intelligence agencies must share inputs.
However, every anniversary of the 26/11 attack is accompanied with a question - is Mumbai today prepared? Committees had been formed and they have given recommendations but, critical changes remains largely unimplemented, the progress only incremental.
One of the most toughest challenges is the massive coastline. It had been proposed to have a fleet of 74 Automatic Identification System (AIS) receivers. These would set off alerts if boats not registered with Indian authorities try to enter ports and these have been set up but, the electronic network to aid patrolling is yet to be fully operational.
Moreover, unique ID cards were supposed to be issued to all fishermen and over 2 lakh fishing vessels have been registered - but, Navy sources said all fishermen haven't been given the unique ID.
Of course, the Maharashtra government have created a rapid action force that can reach any spot within 12 minutes.
Much more needs to be done to close all loopholes. No one wants a repeat of 26/11.

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