"26/11 IS A WOUND THAT WILL NEVER HEAL" -DEVENDRA FADNAVIS

DUE TO THE MODI GOVERNMENT'S PERSEVERANCE, THE DEPOSITION OF TERROR CONVICT DAVID HEADLEY WAS FINALLY RECORDED IN THE 26/11 ATTACK CASE. IT BROUGHT TO LIGHT HOW PAKISTAN WAS INVOLVED IN THE DASTARDLY ATTACK. THIS AND MANY OTHER ASPECTS WERE REVEALED IN 'MUMBAI SANKALP', AN EVENT ORGANISED BY PANCHJANYA IN MUMBAI

- YATHARTH SIKKA

Speaker after speaker condemned Pakistan for orchestrating the 26/11 attack on Mumbai at an event titled 'Mumbai Sankalp' which was organized by Panchjanya at Taj Palace Hotel in Mumbai on November 25. A befitting tribute was paid to the martyrs of the 26/11 terrorist attack which was the brainchild of Pakistan's ISI. Interaction with eminent personalities on the subject of national security brought alive several revelations.

Pointing out that 26/11 was such a wound that can never be healed, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was chief guest on the occasion, said that his Government is committed to ensure that such an incident never takes place again. "There was an intelligence input but the Government of the day (Congress-led UPA Government) could not act on it and there was no coordination," he further said.

Shri Fadnavis said only after the attack, the need for surveillance through CCTV was stressed. "From 2009 onwards, tenders were issued and cancelled but the project never took off. Only when I took over as CM of Maharashtra in 2014 that the project got momentum and its first phase was completed in one year," he added.

The State Government, the Deputy CM said, will also install face recognition cameras which use artificial intelligence to enhance security. "Security on the seas has also been strengthened", he added.