Panaji: Days after a Delhi-bound Air India flight with 164 passengers on board had to abort its take-off due to a bird hit at Goa airport, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has asked the state government to remove garbage heaps lying around the facility.

The litter lying strewn across several places near the airport attracts birds. AAI officials, who held emergency meeting with the state government at Vasco airport in Goa last week, identified several places where garbage is being dumped.