The ground breaking ceremony for the construction of 9 Mega Electron Volt Advanced Container X-Ray Inspection System (AXIS Project) was performed recently at Customs House in Tuticorin to enhance the security of the port and curb smuggling.The first stone for the project was laid by Mr. D.K. Srinivas, Commissioner of Customs, followed by Mr. S. Natarajan, Deputy Chairman of V.O.C. Port Trust.
Mr. N. J. Kumaresh, Additional Commissioner of Customs, explained it was a flagship project of the Directorate of Logistics, New Delhi, and would be executed by M/s Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore. M/s Smiths Detection USA is the supplier of the equipment. The INR 24- crore project is expected to be operational by March 2014.
The state-of-the-art scanner system will use a high power X-ray capable of penetrating 5 inch thick steel and is capable of ‘material discrimination’ useful to detect organic and inorganic substances with natural colour differentiation.
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