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Author: Pioneer News Service
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: April 17, 2006
The police in Angul have stepped up security after receiving a red alert from Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi, warning of a possible Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) attack on National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plants.
An eye is being kept on the activities at a sponge iron factory on the Angul-Kamakyanagar border as a number of Muslim workers from Muzzafarnagar are employed there. Police are suspicious about the antecedents of the owner of the factory, a resident of Uttar Pradesh who is said to have employed criminals.
The police have adopted a wait and watch policy, fear that the sponge iron factory could be harbouring a LeT module. Contract workers, especially Muslims from outside the State are also under the scanner and industry owners are being actively discouraged from employing them.
Contractors who hire labourers have been alerted to the possibility of terrorists sneaking into the plants and told to exercise greater caution while hiring. A sniffer dog made the rounds of the two NTPC plants on Saturday.
The CISF has installed metal detectors at the gates of NTPC, Kaniha and TTPS, Talcher and they are keeping a close watch on the employees as well as the visitors entering the plant site. The CISF commandant said that a Quick Reaction Team has been pressed into service and they will be on duty round- the- clock. Deep Shot Metal Readers have been installed at important check points to inspect four-wheelers and Under Vehicle Searching Mirrors has been provided to guards to also check vehicles.
The CISF commandant said Ambush Station Guard towers have been installed in all parts of the plant sites. The CISF personnel have been provided modern sophisticated weapons and the Ambush Station Guard towers are cushioned with sand bags to counter terrorist attack with sophisticated weapons.
Contrary to reports that Nalco in Angul was under the radar of LeT list, the police said that they have received alerts only about the two NTPC plants in Angul district, but there was no mention about Nalco. As the police do not want to take any risk they have beefed up security there also. Nalco security is supervised by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
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