The risk of aircrafts suffering from bird hits has been negated by the proactive role taken up by the four panchayats around Dabolim airport and the Mormugao municipal council (MMC) who have been collecting garbage from around the airport’s radius, but larger problems are being faced including finding a site for disposal of garbage. District collector N D Agrawal had given the four village panchayats of Velsao-Pale, Chicalim, Sancoale and Bogmalo-Chicolna and the MMC a deadline of October 31, 2012, [...]