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tayara mechanici


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http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=http://www.indiavarta.com/gallery/?headline=In~pics:~Vizag~airport~turns~fish~pond


There drowns vizags dreams.........



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Somewhat like 26/7 at BOM

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If m not mistaken, then this kind of flooding actually took place last year and the year before that too. Civilian ops may not be that much affected as much as naval and surprisingly.... COAST GUARD's.
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Vizag is in a basin and surrounded by a reservoir. They did work to try and keep out the waters of ther erservoir, but when Nature overwhelms the situation, nothing can be done.


The only solution is to shift it out elsewhere.


 


 



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WWW.UNINEWS.COM


Air services restored


Visakhapatnam, Aug 6 (UNI)


Air services, to and from Visakhapatnam which were suspended for the past three days due to flood, were restored today.


An Indian Airlines flight from Hyderabad and a Deccan Airways flight from Chennai landed here this morning.


Authorities said, operations would be normal from today.


With flood water entering the airport authorities had suspended flights for the past three days.



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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/08/09/stories/2006080901030700.htm


Vizag airport work resumes at full pace
Our Bureau


Completion likely by Dec: AAI official 


Visakhapatnam , Aug. 8


The work on the Visakhapatnam airport upgradation, interrupted last week due heavy rains and inundation, has been resumed and is going on at a brisk pace, according to the General Manager (Engineering), Airports Authority of India, Mr H.S. Suresh.


He said there was a disruption of work for a few days due to heavy rains and the consequent inundation of the airport.


The flights too had to be suspended for a few days. Flight operations resumed from Sunday.


Work resumes



"From Monday evening, the work is going on at full pace. Eighty per cent of the work on the runway has been completed. We hope to complete it by December, if there are no further stoppages," he said.


It may be noted that the expansion of the airport is being taken up here roughly at a cost of Rs 200 crore, with the Union Ministry of Defence, Airports Authority of India and the Andhra Pradesh Government bearing the expenditure.


The Union Ministry of Defence is contributing Rs 140 crore for the runway and the other two are giving Rs 50 crore.


Work on the new terminal building, for which the AAI is contributing Rs 95 crore, has also commenced. It is expected to be completed by mid-2007, according to Mr Suresh.


Tackling inundation



Considering the vulnerability of the airport to inundation during monsoon season, the runway is being built four feet above the ground level and the terminal building above seven feet.


A retaining wall is also being built at a cost of Rs 2 crore to keep the floodwaters out. However, these measures are not sufficient to deal with the problem. A permanent solution has to be found.


During his recent visit to Vizag after the floods, the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, asserted that the State Government was determined to find a solution to the problem.



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http://www.indianexpress.com/printerFriendly/10203.html
Naval commander to meet YSR on Vizag airport flooding


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Posted online: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 at 0000 hrs IST
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 8
With plans to build channels, that will stop Visakhapatnam’s navy-controlled airport from being inundated by rainwater year after year, Eastern Naval Commander Vice-Admiral Sureesh Mehta is scheduled to visit Hyderabad this week to meet Andhra CM
Y S R Reddy to get the project back on track.
The INS Dega airport, a strategically important hub of defence aviation and an emerging hub for civil airlines, was flooded twice last October and again last week, virtually paralysing it.
Top naval sources told The Indian Express, ‘‘He (Vice-Admiral Mehta) visited Hyderabad in this regard 10-15 days ago and is expected to go there again in the next few days.’’
Officially, the naval spokesperson at Visakhapatnam played down the situation, saying, ‘‘The Vizag airport was functional throughout the recent rains. The runway and ATC was operational. However, the approaches to the civil terminal and parking bay for commercial aircraft was water-logged, which led to cancellation of flights on three days.’’
Of the two airstrips, the naval one has remained untouched, because it is built on a higher level. Construction of channels to stop flooding on the civilian side has not taken off since January as a result of local municipal elections of the Vizag Urban Development Administration (VUDA) and Vizag Municipal Corporation (VMC).
When the airport was inundated twice in a span of 10 days last October, crippling flights, Congress MP from the Rajya Sabha T Subbarami Reddy went down and announced a Rs 40 crore flood-proofing plan for the airport.
Eight months later, Reddy has distanced himself completely from his announcement and indicated that if anyone is to be blamed for last week’s repeat flooding of the Vizag airport, it should be the Andhra Government.
When contacted by The Indian Express today, Reddy, said, ‘‘This question should be put to the CM because he is responsible for activities there.’’
Naval sources in Vizag said that extra feeder lines, which had been built since October last, to channel out floodwater from the airport have clogged and proved ineffective.
The airport, situated in a bowl of hills, is, according to the navy, a ‘‘sitting duck’’ for flooding rainwater. The Meghadrigedda Reservoir cannot pump out more than 2,100 cubic-metres per second of water into the sea.
 
 



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