NEW DELHI : The terrorists strike Mumbai at 9.30pm. Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is in Kerala. He is briefed about the attack on the city’s prime locations. By the time Deshmukh grasps the enormity of the situation, 90 minutes have gone by.

He rings Union home minister Shivraj Patil at 11pm and asks for NSG commandos. “How many men?” Patil asks. “200,” says the CM. Patil calls NSG chief J K Dutt and tells him to send 200 battle-ready commandos to Mumbai. Most of the NSG men have to be roused from sleep. They don their uniforms, strap on safety gear, collect ammo and firearms.

It is discovered that the only plane that can take 200 men, the IL 76, is not in Delhi but Chandigarh. Precious minutes are ticking by. The IL 76 pilot is woken, the plane refueled. It reaches Delhi at 2am. By the time the commandos get in and the plane takes off, four-and-a-half hours have elapsed. Experts say that unless a response is mounted within 30 minutes of an attack, the enemy can assume key defensive positions.

It takes the aircraft almost three hours to land at Mumbai airport. Unlike the Boeing and Airbus, IL 76 is a slow plane. By the time the NSG commandos board the waiting buses it is 5.25am. The buses take another 40 minutes to reach the designated place in south Mumbai where the commandos are briefed, divided into different groups and sent out on their mission.

By the time they start their operation, it is 7am — in other words, nine-and-a-half hours after the terror strike. Many lives might have been saved had this delay not happened. The obvious question is why is the NSG stationed only in Delhi . When Indian cities are vulnerable to terror attacks, why is there no commando force like the NSG, or its units, in every city?

The now question is Why did NSG take 9 hrs to get there?

These are not the correct questions you need to ask... If in every city the commando force is placed then why do we need policemen?

The main thing is even policemen need to be trained as hard as the commandos to handle such type of crises.

This can be done only when the politicians really think about country + people and people behalf of thinking for their own selfishness ... think about the country...

That means not only few are responsible for this ... each and everyone is responsible for such terror activities.... But few of them have more responsibility to look after as they are placed in such positions for looking into similar kind of activities.

First thing article was regarding the issue of delay of NSG deportation to the terror site.
If you go through history, from Hannibal to Alexander, from Chandragupta to Changeiz Khan—

They all said one thing in common:

“As soon as you are attacked, plan a defense in the shortest possible time. If you loose the precise timing enemy will assume oblivious positions and tactics, and your attempts are likely to be prolonged or failed.”

Second thing when we all have telephone lines in our home, mobile has become a necessity of life, a specialized equipment required for day to day activity from business to routine life.

Similarly if you have police in the city to tackle local goons, and criminals; for the special need of act against terror you need Special Forces like NSG. Australia, Britain and USA already have these kinds of forces in the major cities.

Third thing; thinking about country is everyone doing, every panwala and tea venders are talking about security issues. Government should resign or some special majors to be taken, each individual has his own opinion, just like what he feels. But what action to be taken will be decided by the government, and if the government fails to punish the culprits?
For all those who read this, I am not a Hindu, I m not a Muslim, I m not Marathi, and I m not from UP or Bihar; I don’t belong to any idiotic frenzy or I don’t support any extremist for any reason whatsoever. I am just a bloody common man, I want to live in peaceful India. And I will do all in my power to make it happen.