Four years after the Mumbai terror attacks that lasted three days, leaving 166 dead, India still isn't equipped to prevent another 26/11-type attack, at least going by the status of the three anti-terror initiatives of the UPA government - the National Intelligence Grid (Natgrid), National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems.
"None of the big ticket projects have reached a critical mass where they would alter our capabilities in terms of counterterrorism," said security expert Ajai Sahni.
Natgrid, which was meant to set up a sophisticated network that could pull out data about any terrorist suspect within a matter of seconds, was P Chidambaram's pet project when he was home minister.
But when Chidambaram returned to the finance ministry, the project lost its most ardent supporter, and consequently, the momentum.