Mohali: Bird strikes are a problem common to most airports, but Chandigarh airport has been grappling with it due to Mohali administration's inability to shoo away the winged intruders. Animal carcasses, meat shops and huge garbage dumps in Mohali's Jagatpura area, located a stone's throw from the airport, attract large flocks of birds, risking the safety of passengers.
While the Air Force authorities claim that it is for the Mohali district authorities to keep the area around the airport free of litter, the latter has expressed inability to keep the meat shops and garbage dumps from reappearing. The issue was also raised at a meeting of Air Force officials with top brass of Mohali administration on Thursday.
Sandeep Chakraborty, who flies a two-seater pilot plane, said, "Birds get used to the loud noise of planes and are attracted to the machine. World over, new techniques are being developed to stop birds from flying around airports. In America, they use trained birds of prey to distract birds from around the periphery of the airport, but here we can't even keep garbage dumps away."
09/08/14 Diljot Singh/Times of India
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While the Air Force authorities claim that it is for the Mohali district authorities to keep the area around the airport free of litter, the latter has expressed inability to keep the meat shops and garbage dumps from reappearing. The issue was also raised at a meeting of Air Force officials with top brass of Mohali administration on Thursday.
Sandeep Chakraborty, who flies a two-seater pilot plane, said, "Birds get used to the loud noise of planes and are attracted to the machine. World over, new techniques are being developed to stop birds from flying around airports. In America, they use trained birds of prey to distract birds from around the periphery of the airport, but here we can't even keep garbage dumps away."
09/08/14 Diljot Singh/Times of India
