Bio-metric Access at Madurai Airport | Madurai News - Times of India

Madurai: The Madurai International Airport will be better secured soon, with the implementation of bio-metric access control system. Once, the system is in place, employees can enter into each zone in the airport only after stamping thumb impression in the system installed at the entry points. At present paper based Airport Entry Permits (AEPs) is in use. AEPs would be manually checked for authorization and allowed by the security personnel. There are many departments working together at the airport and not all are allowed to access all the zones. In the AEP system, there will be markings on the individual's ID card specifying the zones where he/she is allowed. Whereas in the new system the information about authorized person in each zone would be preloaded. "Apart from the staff from more than a dozen departments, there would also be outside workers engaged on time to time basis. In such cases, the system can be customized to provide access to them as well," said an authority from the airport. Similarly, there would be ID for the vehicles too. A sticker would be pasted on the vehicles, which can be read by the radio frequency identification system, to authorize the entry. According to the airport authorities, once the new system comes in place, the information about those entering into each zone would be electronically recorded. When there is a need to review who were present in a particular area of the terminal at a given point of time, it can be easily obtained in no time. Officials said that while the required systems have already arrived and all the points where the systems to be installed, have been marked, the system installation is expected to be completed soon. An official said that bio-metric access control system is being implemented in all the major airports across the nation at the cost of Rs 33.23 by the bureau of civic aviation security, the regulatory authority of civil aviation security in India and Airport Authority of India. Since, as many as 72 airports throughout the country is being covered, it takes time to complete, as works being completed at one after the other, said another official.