New Delhi: Around 100 chicken and mutton shop owners have sent applications seeking permission of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to continue running their businesses within Mumbai airport's 10-km radius.
This is the first time that the regulator has got such requests and it is now trying to figure out what to do with them. The Aircraft Act's Rule 91 says that no slaughtering should be allowed within 10-km radius of an aerodrome reference point to avoid attracting birds that could risk approaching aircraft.
The Mumbai airport had some years ago filed a case against BMC for permitting chicken and mutton shops around the airport citing this rule. The Mumbai HC had then asked BMC to take action against these businesses. "Since a DGCA rule was cited for action against these shops, the Delhi office of the aviation Delhi's Ghazipur slaughterhouse and allowing big compost pits for turning garbage into natural manure.
04/03/16 Saurabh Sinha/Economic Times
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This is the first time that the regulator has got such requests and it is now trying to figure out what to do with them. The Aircraft Act's Rule 91 says that no slaughtering should be allowed within 10-km radius of an aerodrome reference point to avoid attracting birds that could risk approaching aircraft.
The Mumbai airport had some years ago filed a case against BMC for permitting chicken and mutton shops around the airport citing this rule. The Mumbai HC had then asked BMC to take action against these businesses. "Since a DGCA rule was cited for action against these shops, the Delhi office of the aviation Delhi's Ghazipur slaughterhouse and allowing big compost pits for turning garbage into natural manure.
04/03/16 Saurabh Sinha/Economic Times
