CISF app ready to help air passengers trace lost items

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Joy Sengupta| TNN | Updated: Mar 14, 2018, 08:48 IST

PUNE: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is set to launch its lost-and-found cellphone -based application for passengers within a month or two.
Senior officials of the paramilitary force, which provides security to 59 airports across the country, said they have finished the final tests of the the application.

“At present, the CISF’s website has a lost-and-found section to help passengers who have misplaced their belongings at airports. Once the app is in place, the passengers can immediately report on it about the misplaced items,” said Hemendra Singh, assistant inspector general (AIG) and public relations officer of CISF.

Sources said as CISF does not have a regular director general at present, the application was expected to be launched once the appointment was made. A scanning of the lost-and-found list of items at the Pune airport reveals that electronic gadgets such as earphones, laptops and cellphones are mostly misplaced by the passengers. Garments also a common item to feature in the list.

“Once we get find items with no claimant, those are checked and kept in a room. Details of the items are then uploaded in the lost-and-found section of the website. If the passengers are sure that the misplaced items belongs to them, they visit the airport, contact the terminal manager and get them back,” an official said.
“The cellphone app will ensure better interaction between the passengers and CISF. The passengers will have to fill up a detailed description of their misplaced items and send it to us through the app,” the official added.
Sudhir Chawla, a Delhi-based businessman who had left his high-end cellphone at the airport last month, said, “The application will be handy as the passengers can immediately upload details about the lost items and get acknowledgement and frequent updates from CISF.”

Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/cisf-app-ready-to-help-air-passengers-trace-lost-items/articleshow/63290878.cms

Link : The Times of India

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