HC directs district collector to remove 48 structures flouting Aircraft Rules
Mumbai The Bombay high court (HC) on Friday directed the Mumbai suburban district collector to initiate measures to remove 48 structures which are obstructing the flight path of aircrafts near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and are also in violation of the Aircraft Obstacle Rules.
The structures consist of unauthorised floors and water tanks of highrise buildings and other illegal structures that have come up on a hill near the airport and are creating an obstacle to the approach surfaces of runaways.
Out of the list of 48 obstacles, most structures have overhead water tanks that are above the permissible limit, which include the Airport Authority of India (AAI) guest house, Vardhaman Puri, Shree Kunj and Govardhan buildings in Vile Parle (E), Harron Building and Farzaan Apartment in Kurla and Pushpanjali CHSL, Regal CHSL, Dheeraj Heritage, Sree Sai CHSL in Santacruz (W).
