Safety dogs Bangalore airport

Bangalore: The city airport seems to be under threat again. However, the terror this time is not human, but canine.
If the airport authorities are to be believed, then the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) has only turned a deaf ear to their pleas for help.
Alarmed at the growing menace of strays at the airport, the Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) had sought the BBMP's help recently.
It has been 10 days since the authorities wrote to the civic body, but there has been no response. Now, airport officials say that these dogs could pose a grave hazard to flights as well as passengers.
In 2009, the BBMP had gone out of its way to rid the airport of strays. It had used its funds for the operation, hoping that the airport authorities would compensate the BBMP.
However, the authorities allegedly did not do so. So this time, the civic body has flatly refused, saying that the airport is not in its jurisdiction. It has also suggested that the airport authorities hire the services of private firm to clear out strays.
28/09/10 Manjunath L Hanji/MiD DAY

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Categories: airports Sep 2010, Safety Sep 2010