Ahmedabad: To check the menace of bird-hits, the authorities of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport have decided to launch SAVE (Save Avians and Save Environment) campaign. The aim is to reduce bird-hits to the minimum by sensitizing those living near the airport to the menace.
From firing crackers to laser guns and zone guns, the airport authorities have tried many measures to curb the menace of bird-hits but they haven't been very successful. Now they want the support of citizens to bring down bird-strike incidents.
"We have been working at our level to control the problem but we need the support of the people who live around the airport," said Santosh Kumar, deputy general manager, Airport Authority of India (AAI), who is the brain behind the SAVE campaign.
"We believe that even a bird's life is precious and we aim to work in a direction where birds, humans and planes co-exist peacefully," said airport director R K Singh who initiated the campaign.
There is already the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard Management (BASHM) which has members drawn from the Ministry of Aviation, DGCA, AAI, Ministry of Defence and the National Bird Control Committee (NBCC) which works to check bird-hits.
22/05/13 Piyush Mishra/Times of India
