Mumbai airport prepared for monsoons

Mumbai: With the monsoons set to strike the city by the first week of June, the airport authorities claim that they have completed a wide range of tasks in order to ensure smooth air traffic flow.
All the drains at the airport are being cleaned and particular attention has been paid to storm water drains, which have been widened and cleared, in order to ensure that water accumulating due to the rains is drained efficiently, airport officials said.
High power pumps will also be kept ready if needed to flush stagnant water from the airport, they added.
"The responsibility of taking care of passengers and informing them about flight delays will continue to be that of the airlines, but in the event of major delays we will pitch in and provide food and water facilities to travellers stranded at the airport," a spokesperson for the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said.
Canopies to shield passengers from the rains would also be put up at every terminal building of the airport, both domestic as well as international, by the time the monsoons arrive in the city, he said.
A contingency plan in the event of emergencies which had earlier resulted in the closure of the main runway or any of the taxiways, had also been prepared, they added.
30/05/07 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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