Wednesday, November 28, 2007

IIT Kanpur prepares blueprint to counter terrorism

In a bid to bolster the internal security of the country, the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur has prepared a blueprint to check militancy.

The Home Ministry has already examined the plan and clarifications have been sought from the researchers of IIT-Kanpur on some technical aspects, Minister of State for Home, Sri Prakash Jaiswal said.

IIT-Kanpur's Director Sanjay Dhande said the inistitute has sent a plan for approval but refused to divulge further details.

The plan is technologically superior and it will be given a go ahead after the objections being raised are being addressed, Jaiswal said.

Dhande said the institute's researchers are studying the objections raised by the officials and they would be soon addressed.

source :- timesofindia