26/11 Mumbai Attack - We Will Not Forget

What an unusual climate we are having where in November, its overcast and raining. I couldn't even remember when did this happened last time. Same as the political situation in the country where it looks like every politician is trying to prove that he is biggest scamster. This was the precise reason I have never written a complete blog on corruption. Because as soon as I would finish the blog on Corruption there would be a new scandal and I would need to update the blog every other day. At least that's the frequency of these scams now a days.

I absolutely get disgusted when I see these politicians who after gaining the trust of the people, literally don't do anything. In few days the anniversary of 26/11 is approaching and we are faced with the scams of people who are supposed to protect us.


For myself i never felt so helpless in my whole life. It was the continuous torture for 3 days. We all never felt so helpless, I could see that on everyone's faces. Every day we all were praying that all is well but from somewhere the news was coming that there are some more terrorist. It was a horrible feeling and wont want anybody to experience it.

If somebody tells you that this wont happen again, It would take a great deal to convince me. May be that person will fail because we all know nothing has improved on the ground. I am sure that politicians must have done someway or the other scam. It they have not let of war widows of Kargil Hearoes, this war was just for 3 days for them and nothing else.

Even when the attach finished our agency did was to run to every super power and whine about pakistan. The epicenter of Terrorism, but some way we are also responsible or our agencies. We always new that Mumbai is the prime target but never got serious.

Sometimes I feel dishartened when I hear about terrorist using '26/11 Mumbai Attack' as template. If this kind of event happens anywhere in the world, they dont need to search find the evidence

Government is harping that following steps they have taken or going to take but GOD only know what they have done. But they have promised us a lot of things and I got to know few of them so lets see if any of these things you know or recall.

Leadership of the country at that time stressed that the country was totally committed to a comprehensive approach to tackle terrorism and put in sustained intensive efforts to end this menace, it outlined a number of measures taken in the post 26/11 scenario to deal with various facets of terrorism.

Galvanising and recognizing the Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) in the IB to enable it to function on 24X7 basis.

The MAC was also obliged to share intelligence with all other agencies, including agencies of the State governments and Union Territories. An online, dedicated and secured connectivity between all the designated members of the MAC, between the MAC and the Subsidiary Multi-Agency Centres (SMACs) in 30 key locations across the country was also being established.

The National Security Guards (NSG), whose commandos battled the terrorists in Mumbai last November, now have four NSG hubs – each with an operational strength of around 250 personnel – in Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. The government had decided to set up two regional centres of the NSG in Hyderabad and Kolkata, to enable quick response to terror attacks.

As many as 20 temporary Counter-Insurgency and Anti-Terrorism Schools were being set up during the 11th Plan period. Four such schools each would be set up in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa so as to provide training to police personnel of these States to tackle the naxal menace, the statement said.

Following 26/11, coastal security was also reviewed at various levels. Under the ongoing Coastal Security Scheme, 64 out of 73 coastal police stations were operationalised. Coastal States and Union Territories were also given 47 interceptor boats so far. It would go up to 126 by March 2010.

As many as 79 new battalions of the Central Para-Military Forces were sanctioned since 2004-05 and a proposal for raising 38 additional battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force, including two battalions of women personnel, was recently approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security. Out of these, 38 battalions, three would be raised in 2009-10.

The ceiling with regard to the strength of the Central Industrial Security Force, which guards airports and public sector units, was enhanced to 1,45,000 from 93,521 in 2005.

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act was amended and notified on December 31 last year to reinforce the legal and punitive provisions of law to combat terrorism with greater focus and for strengthening of provisions relating to financing of terrorism, bail, power to call for information.

A Model Police Act, drafted by an expert committee in 2006, which provided for well defined duties and responsiveness and sensitivity of the police towards public and accountability to rule of law was sent to the States for consideration. Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Uttarakhand either framed New Police Acts or amended the existing ones.

The National Police Mission was also set up with the aim of equipping the police to think creatively and help it transform itself from a reactive to a proactive organization.

Sometimes I feel that we should stop blaming our security forces because at-least they do something which they have been taught something in the Academies but for politicians there is nothing. It would be fruitless to expect anything from them.

There has been some visible changes we are seen in our neighborhood or area but it comes only when there is a red alert or for a politicians visits. I myself never felt to also admire the stress of the security forces. They cannot do more because first of all they are very less in number and second that they are not that well trained.

I actually planned to publish this before the 26/11's second anniversary but for some reasons it got delays. Anyway it doesn't dilute the seriousness of the situation. The main motive of this blog was to make aware why were went into that horrible situation and what are the things which are promised to us by the government.

Lets not be complacent this time, because we have a very dangerous neighborhood. We need to put place our house in the order, because the danger is lurking on our head all the time. I hope that day would never come but if it comes we need to be better prepared.