The Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon start inspecting zones within a 10-km radius around the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) to tackle the growing bird and animal menace within the airport premises. “MIAL has proposed to the BMC to conduct monthly joint inspection in a 10-km radius from the airport to keep a check on slaughter house. We have issued a letter to BMC on July 27 and are awaiting a reply,” said a MIAL spokesperson.
Three BMC wards already conduct such inspections following the Airport Environment Management Committee meeting last September.
MIAL airport’s dog squad caught 293 stray dogs within the premises in 2010. In the first six months of 2011, the squad has already caught 131 dogs within the airport. There were 19 cases of bird hits in 2010, and 11 bird hits in the first six months of 2011. “Dogs caught inside as well as outside the airport are relocated far from airport premises,” the spokesperson said. In May, airport authorities had to chase away a monkey from the airport.
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