Outdoor Advertising Association moves to Madras HC
Rahul Kapoor - Televisionpoint.com
Members of the Tamil Nadu Outdoor Advertising Association have moved to the Madras high court for impleading the Association as a respondent in the case filed by Chennai airport director. The airport director has sought removal of hoardings on the Kathipara junction, Pallavaram stretch of the Grant Southern Trunk Road, which runs along the runway.
Reports say that the main grievance of the airport director is that the lights put up to increase the visibility of the hoardings are on the approach path of the main runway and they lead to confusion during landing, thereby endangering the safe operation of the aircraft and the air passengers.
The association contended that the grievance of the airport director was misplaced as he had relied upon the Asia Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group report, which talked about the runway lights blending with the road lights. There was no reference to the hoarding lights, the association said.
There was no mention by the airport director on the action taken on the road lights that had been referred to in the group report, the association said.
It alleged that the director had not taken any step to find out whether the lights in the hoardings really blended with the runway lights and whether any attempt had been made to study the feasibility of modifying the said lights before deciding to completely remove the hoardings.
The association said the court, on an earlier occasion had ordered the lights to be put up facing downwards. The court gave the above direction when the association approached it against disconnection of power supply to the hoardings.
After that order, there was no attempt by the director to check if that arrangement really distracted or obstructed the air traffic and whether any complaint had been received from any pilot, the association contended.
It added that the hoardings in the contentious stretch had existed since 1978 and till date no aircraft faced any difficulty or suffered landing problems due to the lights put up for the hoardings. Justice D. Murugesan, before whom the petition came up, posted the matter to October 17.
Members of the Tamil Nadu Outdoor Advertising Association have moved to the Madras high court for impleading the Association as a respondent in the case filed by Chennai airport director. The airport director has sought removal of hoardings on the Kathipara junction, Pallavaram stretch of the Grant Southern Trunk Road, which runs along the runway.
Reports say that the main grievance of the airport director is that the lights put up to increase the visibility of the hoardings are on the approach path of the main runway and they lead to confusion during landing, thereby endangering the safe operation of the aircraft and the air passengers.
The association contended that the grievance of the airport director was misplaced as he had relied upon the Asia Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group report, which talked about the runway lights blending with the road lights. There was no reference to the hoarding lights, the association said.
There was no mention by the airport director on the action taken on the road lights that had been referred to in the group report, the association said.
It alleged that the director had not taken any step to find out whether the lights in the hoardings really blended with the runway lights and whether any attempt had been made to study the feasibility of modifying the said lights before deciding to completely remove the hoardings.
The association said the court, on an earlier occasion had ordered the lights to be put up facing downwards. The court gave the above direction when the association approached it against disconnection of power supply to the hoardings.
After that order, there was no attempt by the director to check if that arrangement really distracted or obstructed the air traffic and whether any complaint had been received from any pilot, the association contended.
It added that the hoardings in the contentious stretch had existed since 1978 and till date no aircraft faced any difficulty or suffered landing problems due to the lights put up for the hoardings. Justice D. Murugesan, before whom the petition came up, posted the matter to October 17.
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