On 7/19/06, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The first part deals with providing wireless ID cards to all citizens of India, starting with all the cities and going into the villages. These cards can be radio, magnetic or plain optical like the bar code stickers that are momentarily scanned before a red light scanner. The optical option is the cheapest and is already used in shops for making final bills. Every railway station complex should be sealed and everyone entering the station must produce their ID card to be scanned for keeping a record of everyone entering and exiting the complex. Along with that, they must face a camera that records their faces too. No ID card means no entry.
It's very expensive. And will create a HUGE bottleneck during rush hours. Also, lost/stolen IDs would mean a long beareaucratic procedure to get another one, which would mean a long vacation from work/school/college.
The other part is to use the security system that old kings and emperors used. They created walled cities where entry and exit was restricted by guards manning the fort gates. All major cities can put up an
We already have "Check Nakas". Different thing they don't work as well.
for outstation trains to go through this check. Every foreigner who lands in India must get a temporary ID card made at the airport to be used just like other Indian ID cards.
I think immigration check-in takes care of that, doesn't it?
Whenever there is any terrorist strike or a major armed robbery/dacoity etc., the gates will be shut for some hours, preventing the culprits from simply walking away and catching the next train to freedom. This is inconvenient, but a good deterrent. Extra checking will be done after that to scan all those who leave after any attack.
We have that provision already. It's called a curfew with a "Nakabandi". The worst security decision after this blast was to allow central railways and all other to continue plying. there should have been an immediate curfew+nakabandi in place, which did not happen. You didn't add the most important point. All the technology should use FLOSS software ;) Siddhesh -- http://siddhesh.tk -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
