The Times of India 31.07.2012
Concern over garbage dump near IAF station
JAISALMER: Dumping of garbage in open places near the air force station at Bada Bagh in Jaisalmer is a serious threat to fighter planes operating from the station, senior IAF officers have said. Birds keep hovering over the place due to the litter and this can result in accidents, they said.
The IAF officers held a meeting with officials of civil administration
on Saturday in which villagers of nearby areas also attended. After the
meeting, a senior IAF officer said that municipal officials had agreed
to dump the garbage nearly 5 km away from the city.
Villagers
were also requested not to throw garbage and dead animals in the open
and instead dump them at a fixed place. Apart from this, air force
officers requested the villagers of Moolsagar, Jiyai, Dhavua and Oad
Basti near the IAF station to immediately inform the IAF personnel on seeing any suspicious person or activities in villages.
On the other hand, municipal commissioner RK Maheshwari said that in
future stringent action would be taken in this regard. Sanitation
tractor drivers were told not to throw garbage in the open and if they
do, then action would be taken against them, he said. Defence spokesman S
D Goswami said: "Garbage clearance on a daily basis in an around air
bases is a must for flight safety. Awareness must be created in this
regard among general public through civil administration. Any bird hit
would be catastrophic."
