C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, will come out with a long term solution to safeguard Chennai Airport from floods by mapping 5to 10km radius in and around the airport through a Drone.
Airport Authority of India, Chennai, director Deepak Shastri told Express that for a long term solution to protect the airport from any further floods, IIT Madras will be mapping the structure as well as water bodies in and around the airport.
This comes after Chennai airport was closed for nearly four to five days during December after flood waters entered the airport.
“The drone will map the water catchment area besides study obstructions in and around the vicinity of the airport. It will cover a radius of 5to 10km,” said another AAI official..
Interestingly, this will be the first time Chennai Airport would be using a drone to map the airport and since sensitive installations are in and around the airport, the permission of Director General of Civil Aviation is required.
Currently, there is no system or provision to use a drone to map the airport, said the official.
Initially, the idea was to take a satellite image but then a clearer view could be had by flying at a low level as such the need was to have a survey done by the drone, he said.
The official said that the drone, which will be procured by IIT,. would be fitted with high resolution camera.
This comes after Airport Authority of India implemented the short-term proposal of Indian Institute of Technology after water breached the walls of Airport and crippled the flight services.
During the deluge, the airport walls were breached by Adyar River in 15 to 20 places. Some were 20 metre wide and some 10 to 2 metre wide. Almost all the walls have been repaired, said the airport official.
The official said it was not only the Adyar River that flooded the airport, water also came in from the Tirusalam suburban station end which is near the hill. The water from there entered the airport terminal.
Factfile:
-- Chennai airport was closed fosed nearly four to five days after water entered the airport and terminal
--- The wall of water, which was breached in 15 to 20 places were repaired
--- It was not only water from Adyar River but also from the hills and city entered the airport and flooded the terminal
--- IIT came up with short term plan to restore the airport
--- Long term solution requires mapping of structure and water bodies by drone
--- Permission of DGCA is sought to allow Drone to map the airport
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