The Cabinet appears to have chosen to put the safety of flyers at risk by deciding to issue occupancy certificates to high-rises located on the flight path to the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
With the Cabinet giving its nod, three high-rises that had been denied No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), would get occupancy certificates from the Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation on the grounds that they were constructed before January 14, 2010, when new norms relating to construction of high-rises within 20 km radius of the airport came into effect.
Currently, flights landing from the All Saints’ College end of the airport use an altered flight path on account of the presence of the three high-rises that have come up at Attipara village and near Akkulam bridge.
The decision to grant them occupancy certificates, taken by the Cabinet barely hours before the Assembly elections were announced, would put severe constraints on aircraft approaching Runway 14 and result in the breach of Instrument Landing (IL) norms.
The order implementing the Cabinet decision was issued by the Secretary (Urban), Local Self Government, on March 4.
Besides the three high-rises, four-high rise flood-light masts in the University stadium on the flight path that were constructed without obtaining AAI’s NOC, would also stand to benefit from the Cabinet decision. The AAI has reported to the government that the three high-rises protrude into the Obstacle Limitation Surface (OSL) by 8.92 m, 10.29 m and 41.24 m respectively, thereby endangering safety of aircraft operations.
Copies of these communications are available with The Hindu .
Further, the four light masts erected for the 35th National Games protrude into the OSL by 19.17 m, 13.11 m, 9.80 m and 16.01 m. NoTAM (Notice to Airmen) is in force in the approach to Runway 14.
18/03/16 S.Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
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With the Cabinet giving its nod, three high-rises that had been denied No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), would get occupancy certificates from the Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation on the grounds that they were constructed before January 14, 2010, when new norms relating to construction of high-rises within 20 km radius of the airport came into effect.
Currently, flights landing from the All Saints’ College end of the airport use an altered flight path on account of the presence of the three high-rises that have come up at Attipara village and near Akkulam bridge.
The decision to grant them occupancy certificates, taken by the Cabinet barely hours before the Assembly elections were announced, would put severe constraints on aircraft approaching Runway 14 and result in the breach of Instrument Landing (IL) norms.
The order implementing the Cabinet decision was issued by the Secretary (Urban), Local Self Government, on March 4.
Besides the three high-rises, four-high rise flood-light masts in the University stadium on the flight path that were constructed without obtaining AAI’s NOC, would also stand to benefit from the Cabinet decision. The AAI has reported to the government that the three high-rises protrude into the Obstacle Limitation Surface (OSL) by 8.92 m, 10.29 m and 41.24 m respectively, thereby endangering safety of aircraft operations.
Copies of these communications are available with The Hindu .
Further, the four light masts erected for the 35th National Games protrude into the OSL by 19.17 m, 13.11 m, 9.80 m and 16.01 m. NoTAM (Notice to Airmen) is in force in the approach to Runway 14.
18/03/16 S.Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
