Despite Mumbai International Airport authorities identifying the minaret of a mosque near Milan Subway as a “hazard” to flight operations two years ago, the height of the minaret was further increased. Now, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has expressed concern over the minaret’s height. The IB has written to Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Airport Authority of India (AAI), and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), asking them about the minaret’s height.
The IB letter reads, “A minaret of a mosque, run by the Anjuman-Khadim-ul-Musalmin Trust, Hyderabad, may pose risk to flight operations at Mumbai airport. The height of the minaret was found to be 33.7 metre in 2013 and now, the mosque authorities have installed a spire about 4 metre higher than the prescribed limit of 26.12 metre.”
The IB letter stated that according to the bureau’s inquiry, mosque authorities have not obtained a “no objection certificate” from AAI for any construction. But aviation safety rules warrant obtaining a no objection certificate from AAI for construction in 4km vicinity of such a big airport. The letter says that the minaret poses an obstacle to runway 09 of the international airport and runway 34 of the Juhu airport.
Commenting on this, an official from the AAI safety department said, “The minaret now stands at least 37 metre tall — it was already 7.6 metre higher than the prescribed limit of 26.12 metre in 2013.”
26/12/15 Ashita Dadheech/The Asian Age
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The IB letter reads, “A minaret of a mosque, run by the Anjuman-Khadim-ul-Musalmin Trust, Hyderabad, may pose risk to flight operations at Mumbai airport. The height of the minaret was found to be 33.7 metre in 2013 and now, the mosque authorities have installed a spire about 4 metre higher than the prescribed limit of 26.12 metre.”
The IB letter stated that according to the bureau’s inquiry, mosque authorities have not obtained a “no objection certificate” from AAI for any construction. But aviation safety rules warrant obtaining a no objection certificate from AAI for construction in 4km vicinity of such a big airport. The letter says that the minaret poses an obstacle to runway 09 of the international airport and runway 34 of the Juhu airport.
Commenting on this, an official from the AAI safety department said, “The minaret now stands at least 37 metre tall — it was already 7.6 metre higher than the prescribed limit of 26.12 metre in 2013.”
26/12/15 Ashita Dadheech/The Asian Age
