Seven years after the biggest terror attack on Mumbai, the verdict for whether we are prepared to tackle another situation of that magnitude if it happens today is still mixed.

Post 26/11 terror attacks, Mumbai police carried out number of corrective steps. However, there are still gaps that need to be filled to make the city safe and secure. Speaking to dna, former police officers raised questions over the security apparatus that has been created to avoid terror attacks in the city.

According to former top cops, with changing time terror organisations around the world are becoming more and more tech savvy and are improvising on their plans to create mayhem across the globe. "One cannot say that Mumbai police can ever be fully prepared to tackle such kind of attack as with changing times even the terror outfits are adapting to new technologies but considering our capability in 2008, I believe we are in much better position to respond now," said former Mumbai police commissioner M N Singh.

After the attack, 19 landing points along the coast of the city were provided security cover and the police procured seven speed boats and four amphibian sea-legs to patrol the coast. However, due to administrative issues, the four amphibian sea-legs are gathering dust and are lying defunct.

Similarly, Rs7 crore worth X-ray scanning van to detect explosives procured by the Mumbai police had been rendered useless from the last few years and it is parked inside the Mumbai police headquarters.

"I don't know the ground reality but all these are administrative lapses and it needs to be sorted on priority basis as the city can't be left exposed to anti-social elements," said Singh.

Interestingly, after the 10 Laskhar-e-Taiyyaba (LET) terrorists used the sea route to enter the city, the coastal security was to be strengthened. The Pradhan committee report also indicated towards strengthening coastal security with creating new coastal police stations. However, seven years down the line, Mumbai has just one coastal police station that too operates from a dilapidated building in Mahim and is under staff.

"I am not sure whether we are ready for a terror attack of that scale even now. We have surely added more power to the force with sophisticated weapons and vehicles, but there is still lack of co-ordination on sharing of intelligence between central agencies and the Mumbai police and it can cost us dear", said former IPS Y P Singh.

"The bullet proof jackets that were to be procured after the attacks have not been received yet. Same is the case with the CCTV cameras to be installed in the city," he concluded.