Patna's Historic Clock Tower to be Shortened for Airport Safety

• Patna's historic Secretariat clock tower faces a 17.5-meter height reduction to improve aircraft landing safety at Patna Airport.
• The tower's current height of 49.5 meters forces pilots to land at a steeper, riskier angle than the prescribed 3-degree glide path.
• A joint proposal by Patna district administration and AAI seeks Cabinet Secretariat approval to reduce the tower's height to 32 meters.
• Built in 1917, the Indo-Saracenic style tower, with its British-era clock and siren, is an Architectural Heritage of Patna.
• The reduction aims to enable safer landings for large aircraft and utilize 134 meters of currently unusable runway.