Udhampur (Jammu): President A P J Abdul Kalam on June 26 suggested India must develop its own operational system and software for national security purposes.

"We must develop operational system and software for our own national security, because there are chips, which have invisible data inside and these can be used for national security matters," he said presenting colours to Jammu and Kashmir police at Sher-i-Kashmir police academy.

Security forces and law and order agencies, he said, must have their own operational system instead of the Internet, as certain information if accessed through Internet and commercially available operational systems would prove detrimental to national security.

"We should make efforts to have our own operational system, which can prove better for the efficiency of the security forces during operations in the country," Kalam said earlier, after he flew in here by a special Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft from Jammu after arriving there on a three-day visit to the state, during which he will tour all the three regions of the state.

Suggesting that additional technologies be inducted into state police and other security forces, like hitech computers and microprocessors with faster chips, Kalam said these can become important modules for the forces during operations.

He also stressed the need for co-ordination between police of different states and security forces through these technologies for better efficiency.

The President said the state-of-the-art technologies, including better field surveillance radars, micro chips and hitech computers will reduce casualties among security forces and police and these forces will come with flying colours in their operations.

Commending the performance of the state police Kalam said, "You have graduated from a strength of one officer and 14 'thanedars' to a force of courage and strength. I praise your courage for taking up law or order challenges in which you have sacrificed many of your men among the 60,000 people killed so far."

Greeting all commanding officers of the state police, Kalam said, "You are a force – the first such dealing with terrorism of all kinds."

Kalam referred in particular to the state police's role in the operation in Hazratbal and Chrar-i-Sharief, describing it as "unique", adding they also braved the challenge from external forces in 1989 and participated in the national struggle to defend Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India.

Earlier, he was received at Jammu airport by the Governor S K Sinha, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and some of his Cabinet colleagues, besides several civil, police and Army officers.

Kalam was also presented a guard of honour by Army and Air Force contingents at the Jammu airport.

PTI