Migratory birds pose huge risk to flights, says wildlife body, rejects greenfield international airport plan in Puri

The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has recommended against the constitution of a greenfield planetary airdrome successful Puri, citing that migratory birds airs a immense hazard to flights and the projected determination is successful adjacent proximity to the Chilika Lake, a Ramsar tract and a wetland of planetary importance.

The Odisha authorities had projected the operation of the Shree Jagannath International Airport astatine Puri connected the crushed that determination is not capable onshore for further enlargement of runways astatine the Biju Patnaik International Airport successful Bhubaneswar.

The Airports Authority of India and the State authorities jointly pushed for the Puri project. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had already issued tract clearance certificates. The task was projected to travel up connected 471.401 hectares astatine Sipasurubali colony of Brahmagiri tehsil successful Puri.