Ahmedabad: Will there be an end to bird-hit incidents at Ahmedabad airport that continue to endanger the lives of thousands of flyers? Ahmedabad airport at present spends over Rs 30 lakh a year mainly on firecrackers to check birds entering the runway area, but all that seems to be in vain.
A preliminary report of a six-month-long study on migration, food habits and behavior of birds at Ahmedabad airport and surrounding areas suggests that there is really no help until trouble spots outside airport campus, especially near the Kotarpur water works and cantonment area, are nailed.
In a meeting of Airport Environment Management Committee earlier this year it was decided to commission a survey on nesting patterns and attractions of birds frequenting the airport to Gujarat Environment Education and Research (Geer) foundation.
Sources with the Ahmedabad airport suggest that Geer began the study last month and has recently submitted a preliminary report which suggests that many spots around the airport are active breeding grounds for birds who get easy access to food at waste dumping sites near the fish and mutton markets close to the runway.
28/05/11 Ankur Jain/Times of India
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