MIAL wants 200 trees on flight path pruned

Mumbai: To remove obstructions for arriving flights, the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has sought permission of the BMC to prune about 200 trees.
“MIAL has sought permission to be allowed to prune 198 trees,” said C B Rokade, Deputy Municipal Commissioner. “A few weeks back, we had given them permission to prune eight trees,” said Rokade.
A recent survey by MIAL found over 200 trees over the prescribed height/obstruction limit. The last such survey was in 2003 by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), said a MIAL spokesperson.
At one end of the 27/09 runway is the Jari Mari slums while at the other end is the Milan Subway off the Western Express Highway. One end of the other runway 14 / 32, is towards Vile Parle-Juhu. The prescribed height of a tree is ideally 2 per cent of its distance from the beginning of the runway, said the spokesperson.
20/09/10 Sharvaripatwa/Indian Express

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