Chennai: As Indian scientists launch space missions to explore the unexplored areas of the Moon, the Airports Authority of India’s first line of attack to ward off pigeons from the Chennai airport seems to be narikuravas and slingshots. The country’s statutory civil aviation infrastructure authority is working on drones and sonic speakers, but till they are deployed, don’t be too surprised to see a tribal child running about gleefully shooting pellets at pigeons at the airport.
Driven to the wall by a flurry of complaints and sarcastic tweets by passengers about pigeons, the AAI authorities say they have engaged members of the tribal community as they are “experts at catching birds”. “They’ve done it for us earlier. So, we have hired them again. The birds will not die as they are only using clay pellets,” says airport director S Sreekumar.
However, passengers are not amused with the strike force. A video shot by a passenger shows two children running around inside the terminal with slingshots in hand, targeting the birds with clay and rubber pellets.
A passenger tweeted: “I have no idea how shooing birds inside the airport with clay pellets is even allowed. I mean what are you guys even thinking? Passengers were having clay falling on them.”
“They are using slingshots to disorient the birds. They are taken and released outside. We are not killing them,” said an official of AAI.
The official also said that several attempts were made to chase the birds away.
04/08/19 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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Driven to the wall by a flurry of complaints and sarcastic tweets by passengers about pigeons, the AAI authorities say they have engaged members of the tribal community as they are “experts at catching birds”. “They’ve done it for us earlier. So, we have hired them again. The birds will not die as they are only using clay pellets,” says airport director S Sreekumar.
However, passengers are not amused with the strike force. A video shot by a passenger shows two children running around inside the terminal with slingshots in hand, targeting the birds with clay and rubber pellets.
A passenger tweeted: “I have no idea how shooing birds inside the airport with clay pellets is even allowed. I mean what are you guys even thinking? Passengers were having clay falling on them.”
“They are using slingshots to disorient the birds. They are taken and released outside. We are not killing them,” said an official of AAI.
The official also said that several attempts were made to chase the birds away.
04/08/19 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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