The Bombay high court on Friday directed the Mumbai suburban district collector to initiate measures to remove the 48 structures that are apparently coming in the path of the aircraft flying in and out of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and are in violation of the Aircraft Obstacle Rules.
The structures consist of unauthorised floors and water tanks of high-rise buildings and other illegal structures that have come up on a hill near the airport, coming in the path of approach surfaces of runaways.
The directions were issued by the high court after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) filed an affidavit, stating that the district collector was responsible for removing obstacles such as buildings and trees that come in the flight path as per the rules.
