Gwalior: Indian Air force (IAF) officials are troubled by an unseemly innocuous enemy at the Maharajpur air base on the outskirts of Gwalior district. Blue bulls or Nilgai as they are commonly called often venture on to the runway a posing threat to the fighter jets during take off and landing- forcing the IAF to issue a caution to its pilots.
It is learnt that IAF base has been plagued by blue bull menace for some years now but the forest department has expressed its helplessness stating that rules allow killing or translocation of the antelopes only in case they damage the crops.
IAF officials had carried out an aerial survey to find out the number of wild animals around the air base that have led to mishaps in the past.
20/04/13 P Naveen/Times of India
