In the wake of West Bengal government’s inability to provide land for an NSG hub, the elite commando force has written to the State government to reconsider its decision saying such a facility was required given the prevailing security scenario of the country.
“We were shown 4-5 sites and we selected an area considering our suitability. We even reduced the area from 600 acres to 300 acres. But they are not able to give us the land. Now, we have written to them to reconsider the decision,” Director General of National Security Guard R K Medhekar told reporters here.
He said even though the elite black cat commando force does not have an infrastructure shortage, it still needs to expand further given the security scenario in the country in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Mr. Medhekar said the West Bengal government did not cite any reasons for the inability to provide the land and NSG is still continuing its efforts for the same, even as it cannot wait for long for their response.
Post-26/11 attacks, four NSG hubs and two regional centres were created at Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. Kolkata and Hyderabad were earmarked to have regional centres.
Now NSG has sent the proposal for the construction of regional units to Assam and Jharkhand, to cater to the eastern region. The regional units will supplement the main hubs.
Earlier, speaking at the 11th international National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) seminar at the force’s garrison here, Mr. Medhekar said the 26/11 terror attack represented a paradigm shift in the strategy of the terrorist organisations.
He said “the perpetrators orchestrated what was in all likelihood a well-rehearsed multi-part terror attack”.
Mr. Madhekar said although terrorism is not a new phenomenon, it has now evolved that even the terrorists have started using technology more and more.
“Arrests of (Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives) David Coleman Headley and Tawwahur Rana point towards the fact that it is not merely logistics that are decentralised by terrorist organisations but also their operational planning,” he said.
Mr. Madhekar said the spectrum of modes and scales of future attacks has widened from extensively planned mass casualty attacks to micro-terrorism.
