02-May-2024 12:30 PM
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Kolkata, May 2 (Reporter) Prohibitory orders under Section 144 Cr PC have been clamped in and around Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport by the local administration after the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate received complaints from the airport authorities that pilots are having problems during take off and touchdown following laser beams flashing around.
The prohibitory orders, including that of laser beams show, is
effective from Wednesday in and around 8 police stations limits in
North 24 Parganas
upto June 29, official sources said on Thursday.
Any use of powerful
focus of sky-pointing laser beams has been banned in the next two
months now, sources added.
A notice from Airport police station said, " The West Bengal Police have
banned the use of laser beams, laser lights, and laser light shows in
vast areas around Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International
Airport. It is a punishable offence. Please refrain from doing such
activities. "
The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) received
complaints from the pilots and crew of inbound flights that laser
beams from hotels and banquets were posing threats to aircraft during
landing and take off.
“It is necessary to take immediate measures in this regard to prevent
danger to human life and safety of aircraft and to contain nuisance in
the matter of laser beams in and around the NSCBI airport, " the order
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