New Delhi: While work is still to start on the lowering of the Shiv Murti near the new runway of the IGI airport, residents of Vasant Vihar and the management of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre have raised objections to the expected rise in noise pollution with the step.
Once the statue is lowered, aircraft will have an additional 500 m or so available from the Vasant Kunj side for landing which also means that they will start their descent a little earlier. The height of the Shiv Murti had rendered the new runway, technically the longest in Asia, unusable by a third.
Vasant Vihar residents had filed a case in court against noise pollution from landing aircraft and the court had directed Airports Authority of India to take measures to reduce noise in the area.
19/10/12 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India
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Once the statue is lowered, aircraft will have an additional 500 m or so available from the Vasant Kunj side for landing which also means that they will start their descent a little earlier. The height of the Shiv Murti had rendered the new runway, technically the longest in Asia, unusable by a third.
Vasant Vihar residents had filed a case in court against noise pollution from landing aircraft and the court had directed Airports Authority of India to take measures to reduce noise in the area.
19/10/12 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India
