Kathmandu, Jan. 3 :The Centre of People’s Awareness and Social Studies organised a programme here today to discuss the security situation at Tribhuvan International Airport and the alleged use of Nepalese territory in support of terrorism in the light of the Indian Airlines plane hijacking.

In course of the discussion, politician Sribhadra Sharma accused the Indian media of indulging in propaganda campaign against Nepal and spoke of the need to improve security situation in the airport.

Ex-minister Shailendra Kumar Sharma said although there are ample examples of planes being hijacked from even the countries which have very good security arrangement, the recently hijacking has brought the security arrangement at Nepalese Airport under question. Attention should be paid to this matter, he added.

Politician Kuber Sharma attributed the growing criminal activities to the porous Nepal-India border.

Former SAARC secretary general Yadav Kant Silwal was of the view that weak leadership is also responsible for growing criminal activities. He also stressed the need to take necessary initiatives to redress the possible negative impact of Indian media unleash on Nepal’s tourism sector.

Senior journalist Gokul Pokhrel said the general practice of transferring employees at the airport after every change of government has also affected the airport security situation.