The heaps of garbage and filth dumped just beyond the airfield of Gannavaram airport are a favourite hunting ground for kites, crows and quails. On any given day, it’s normal to see crows and kites pick up their choice morsels, glide over to the runway and enjoy their meal on the tarmac.
Flight and ground staff have their hands full trying to contend with the bird menace. Bird hits have grounded some aircraft and airlines are hard put to it to manage their schedules. A number of villages, Kesarapalli, Ajjampudi, Gannavaram and surrounding areas, have been using the fringe of the airport as their dumping ground, attracting birds as to a magnet.
Drive into any of these villages and you see waste material dumped in the open place adjoining the compound wall of the runway. Strewn plastic covers, food items and used paper plates are piled up. The situation is worse at VNR College near the airport where mounds of garbage are dumped right next to the compound wall.
04/08/15 M. Srinivas/The Hindu
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Flight and ground staff have their hands full trying to contend with the bird menace. Bird hits have grounded some aircraft and airlines are hard put to it to manage their schedules. A number of villages, Kesarapalli, Ajjampudi, Gannavaram and surrounding areas, have been using the fringe of the airport as their dumping ground, attracting birds as to a magnet.
Drive into any of these villages and you see waste material dumped in the open place adjoining the compound wall of the runway. Strewn plastic covers, food items and used paper plates are piled up. The situation is worse at VNR College near the airport where mounds of garbage are dumped right next to the compound wall.
04/08/15 M. Srinivas/The Hindu
