Airport authorities halt construction in Sec-8, Dwarka

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has put on hold all ongoing construction work at Dwarka Sector-8, claiming the houses fall in the air route and can lead to a major accident. The AAI has now directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to restrict the height of the buildings and ensure that any plans for construction in the area have clearance from them before work can begin. This is the first time the AAI has objected to construction work in the area. Nearly 100 plots in Dwarka Sector-8 have been affected by this order. The AAI has said that these buildings fall in the path of the aircraft when it is landing on runways 27/9 and 28/10.
The DDA has now shot off letters to the plot owners informing them about the necessity of obtaining a no-objection certificate from the airport authorities apart from an approval for their building plan from the land agency.
Officials of the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) authorities referred to a special gazette notification issued by Government of India on June 30, 2008. “No building or structure higher than the height specified in Annexe II (15 metre) to this notification shall be constructed or erected on any land within a radius of twenty kilometres from the aerodrome reference point,” the notification states.
DIAL claims the buildings in the area fall in the flight path. It is, however, silent on buildings have already come up and taller than the specified height.
01/08/09 Deepu Sebastian Edmond/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Aug 2009