Ahmedabad: Lingering stench from a pile of garbage may induce nausea or raise hygiene concerns. But it can pose a flight risk, if that garbage pile is close to the airport and attracts birds that may collide with aircraft.
Worried over garbage piles outside airport boundary walls, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) authorities have made a representation to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) earlier this week. Airport authorities have sought that the civic body take strong measures to clear waste from Sardarnagar and Kubernagar areas, in addition to several locations just outside the airport boundary wall.
"It is mandatory to maintain cleanliness and ensure removal of any waste or garbage or polluted items that are likely to attract vultures and other birds and animals outside the airport premises, according to norms of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)," said a source close to the development.
He added, "Kubernagar is a particular problem area, since it falls in the approach funnel i.e. landing route of aircraft for Runway 23 at SVPI airport. Garbage piles here are a matter of serious concern for Airports Authority of India (AAI)."
Sources also confirmed that during 2016-2018, some 10 representations regarding cleanliness in the areas around SVPI airport's vicinity were made by the AAI to the civic body.
Probably nowhere else in the city does garbage pose as concrete a threat to human lives as in the vicinity of the airport, where it can set off a chain of events leading to aircraft accidents.
26/08/19 Niyati Parikh/Times of India
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Worried over garbage piles outside airport boundary walls, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) authorities have made a representation to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) earlier this week. Airport authorities have sought that the civic body take strong measures to clear waste from Sardarnagar and Kubernagar areas, in addition to several locations just outside the airport boundary wall.
"It is mandatory to maintain cleanliness and ensure removal of any waste or garbage or polluted items that are likely to attract vultures and other birds and animals outside the airport premises, according to norms of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)," said a source close to the development.
He added, "Kubernagar is a particular problem area, since it falls in the approach funnel i.e. landing route of aircraft for Runway 23 at SVPI airport. Garbage piles here are a matter of serious concern for Airports Authority of India (AAI)."
Sources also confirmed that during 2016-2018, some 10 representations regarding cleanliness in the areas around SVPI airport's vicinity were made by the AAI to the civic body.
Probably nowhere else in the city does garbage pose as concrete a threat to human lives as in the vicinity of the airport, where it can set off a chain of events leading to aircraft accidents.
26/08/19 Niyati Parikh/Times of India
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