Government representatives were present at the meeting. Government offices reopened Friday after a long Dasain holiday. Civil aviation officials have employed hunters to kill birds as calls mount for removing a dumping site just 500 metres from Nepal's only international airport.
Environmentalists claim the dumping site is attracting the birds to the airport vicinity.
Another proposal mooted is to operate night flights to avoid bird hits. Lauda Air hit a bird as it was landing at the airport Thursday morning on a flight from Vienna with 239 passengers and 10 crew members but landed safely and later took off for the Austrian capital after minor repairs. Taulihawa, media reports said. The blockage has created a 100 square metre lake and the raised river level has damaged crops around Simalpani and Tada villages in Agarkachi district, Radio Nepal reported. The landslide swooped down mountain slopes at 2 PM Saturday.