‘BCAS should have consulted stakeholders before taking decision’

Suraj Agrawal, Secretary, Domestic Air Cargo Agents Association of India (DACAAI), “The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has formed the rules without understanding the impact it will have on the trade. Trade should have been consulted before taking decision. Prior to Container Terminal Operators (CTOs), airlines were involved in doing cargo x-ray screenings and handling on their own at the terminals, airlines were forced to stop this work later, and now again, they want airlines to operate. It is difficult to shift business from one mode to another. If something was operational from years, what was the urgency to stop it? Trade should have been consulted, solution should have been taken out, businesses cant stop like this.”