Bhubaneswar: Dumping of garbage near the old terminal building has become a bone of contention between the airport and the civic authorities with birds colliding with aircraft now a routine affair at Biju Patnaik Airport.
The city airport has so far registered six cases of birds colliding with aircraft this year. The latest case was registered on Friday around 9.30am when a New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Indigo flight was landing. Since it was a small bird, the impact caused no damage to the aircraft.
On Saturday, the city management group (CMG) met and discussed the incident. At the meeting, civic officials said while the airport officials were blaming the civic body regarding garbage being dumped around the airport, the airport authorities were themselves dumping garbage near the old terminal building.
A senior Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation official, who visited the site and took the photographs to justify their claims, told The Telegraph: “The garbage also includes food waste. We do not know the origin of the garbage but it is definitely generated by the airlines, food joints inside the airport and the eateries on their campus. The garbage dumping might be attracting birds near the aircraft or the approach path of the planes on the runway.”
12/07/13 Bibuthi Barik/The Telegraph
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The city airport has so far registered six cases of birds colliding with aircraft this year. The latest case was registered on Friday around 9.30am when a New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Indigo flight was landing. Since it was a small bird, the impact caused no damage to the aircraft.
On Saturday, the city management group (CMG) met and discussed the incident. At the meeting, civic officials said while the airport officials were blaming the civic body regarding garbage being dumped around the airport, the airport authorities were themselves dumping garbage near the old terminal building.
A senior Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation official, who visited the site and took the photographs to justify their claims, told The Telegraph: “The garbage also includes food waste. We do not know the origin of the garbage but it is definitely generated by the airlines, food joints inside the airport and the eateries on their campus. The garbage dumping might be attracting birds near the aircraft or the approach path of the planes on the runway.”
12/07/13 Bibuthi Barik/The Telegraph
