Finally, a clear view for radar at city airport

Ahmedabad: Finally, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) woke up and razed to ground eight illegal structures obstructing the radar at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. AMC has in last three days brought down first floors of eight tenements in Nataraj Society of Kubernagar near the air traffic control radar.
"To achieve accuracy, it is necessary that the electromagnetic waves from the radar are not obstructed wholly or partially by any intervening structure. The structures created a block in the radar range. We had complained to AMC some six months back about the illegal construction," said a senior air traffic control official. Last year, a partial closure of this radar for around five hours had the officials on tenterhooks.
AMC has also demolished more than 40 houses between Meghaninagar and Kubernagar to clear the area near airport in the last one week. The waste dumped from the houses close to the city airport attracted birds, monkeys and dogs which posed serious threat during landing and taking off of the aircrafts.
15/05/11 Ankur Jain/Times of India

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Categories: Airports May 2011