Nagpur: It is not only the old terminal building and its surroundings that lay neglected and unkempt. Even the staff quarters of the airport are in a shambles. It seems that only the outer picture of the airport, the new terminal building and its approach, is maintained and kept spick and span.
As one enters the staff colony of the airport one is distinctly reminded of the photos seen in the collections of abandoned settlements after a disaster. And this description of the place is not an exaggeration. Broken playing equipment in a playground infected with overgrown grass, garbage strewn here and there and a few structures, some of them in a dilapidated condition spread over a huge area of land, is the image to capture in the colony.
There is no facility in the colony for garbage collection and its disposal. The residents just collect it beside their quarters and burn it when a considerable heap is collected. The result of this is that piles of garbage can be seen here and there in the colony, so can plastic bags flying lazily around when caught in the wind.
17/06/13 Aparna Nair/Times of India
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As one enters the staff colony of the airport one is distinctly reminded of the photos seen in the collections of abandoned settlements after a disaster. And this description of the place is not an exaggeration. Broken playing equipment in a playground infected with overgrown grass, garbage strewn here and there and a few structures, some of them in a dilapidated condition spread over a huge area of land, is the image to capture in the colony.
There is no facility in the colony for garbage collection and its disposal. The residents just collect it beside their quarters and burn it when a considerable heap is collected. The result of this is that piles of garbage can be seen here and there in the colony, so can plastic bags flying lazily around when caught in the wind.
17/06/13 Aparna Nair/Times of India
