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Of Steel birds and real birds

The airport authorities have tried out at least half a dozen methods to get rid of the bird menace in the last two years, but in vain. Blame it on Hyderabadi culture or sheer negligence of civic authorities the bird menace is quite high at the Hyderabad airport. According to the airport officials, the number of bird hits is going up with the increasing air traffic. Currently, 60 aircraft take off and land at the airport a day. On an average, five to 10 bird-hits are reported a month. Sometimes if a small bird got sucked in the engine of the aircraft, it will not come to the notice of even the pilots. If the size of the bird is big, the threat is high. Kites pose a greater threat to aircraft than pigeons.

About 70 to 80 pigeons are found in the vicinity of the airport at any point of time. Hyderabad Airport Director R K Singla whose previous posting was in Lucknow, says the pigeon population is quite high here than that of Lucknow. Even if new methods are being tried out to drive away birds from the vicinity of the airport, the winged creatures are returning to the area within no time. It seems there is no permanent solution in sight to curb the bird menace. "I worked at more than 10 airports in the country. But nowhere I have seen this kind of bird menace," Singla says.

Of Steel birds and real birds

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