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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Garbage cleared regularly from around airport: BMC tells court

The Bombay high court was on Wednesday informed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation that all steps are being taken to ensure that garbage is collected regularly from the 2,694 notified collection spots within a 10-km radius of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to curb instances of birds hitting airplanes.

Birds get drawn to waste in the vicinity of the airport and run the risk of colliding with planes.

A detailed affidavit filed by the civic body states that garbage is being collected from the spots in shifts every day.
Furthermore, a proposal is being mooted for using fibre-reinforced plastic on garbage bins which will keep the waste containers closed and reduce spillover.

The civic body also claimed that it is considering cleaning open drains every month instead of just before the monsoons, as is done currently, to make sure that birds are not attracted to the drains.
14/01/15 Daily News & Analysis

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