APD SACKED - Victimization or Vindication....???

There is a saying in Gujarati going like this... "પાડા ને વાંકે પખાલી ને ડામ " roughly meaning; 'Brand-marking' of the water-carrier; for the fault of the calves. In this case of a buffalo-hit with a plane and with pun intended we can read it as; "Sacking of the APD  for the fault of the Buffalo", literally.

From the Buffalo-hit on the runway of Surat Airport, apart from the death of the bovine, fortunately the incident went without any human casualty. However, the aftermath of the incident, the first administrative casualty took place in the form of the APD - Dr S D Sharma being sacked on the grounds of dereliction of duty.

The news spread a ripple of mixed response in the city. As many rightly feel since the APD - Airport Director, was the person directly in charge of the well being & safety of Surat Airport, he deserved it.