Enter Centre to clear airport skyline

Ranchi: If the expansion of the capital’s airport is being held up due to the construction of highrises around its periphery, the Birsa Munda Airport has now been armed, albeit indirectly, to take care of the problem.
For, the Union civil aviation ministry has issued guidelines making the state government responsible for taking action against those constructing apartment blocks, towers or installations like high chimneys around the airport in violation of the provisions of the Aircraft Act, 1934.
Till now, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in Ranchi has been at the mercy of a lackadaisical Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) for taking action against private builders for violating height restrictions around the airport. But, the civil aviation guideline will now ensure that the onus remains on the state government to clear the skyline. “Any structure constructed after one month of issuing of this notification would automatically be considered as illegal and has to be dealt with by the district administration and local authorities for removal/reduction of the height,” said the notification issued by the joint secretary, ministry of civil aviation, K. N. Shrivastava.
According to the notification, which the AAI in Ranchi received a couple of days back, a certified copy of any new construction would have to be deposited with the AAI and the state government after a project’s completion.
29/08/08 Aneeta Sharma/The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Aug 2008