Chennai: Days after the heaviest rains in a century and floods left 269 people dead, thousands homeless and turned Chennai into a sea of water, the authorities have decided to re-open the Chennai airport from Saturday, where operations were suspended till tomorrow.
According to media reports, the Chennai airport will resume its flight services only partially to ferry stranded aircraft. The flights can only take off without passengers and no landings will take place. The clearance was given by DGCA following an inspection of the facilities at the airport.
"The situation is under control and the water has receded from the airfield side. We have made it operational and from tomorrow (Saturday) it will start working. We have allowed operation for the ferry, technical and relief purpose," Chairman of the Airport Authority of India RK Srivastava had said, as per ANI.
The operations at the airport have been suspended after water entered the runway following incessant rains for over a week now.
The southern railway also resumed limited operations from Chennai's Egmore station yesterday with five special trains leaving for Kanyakumari, Sengottai, Tuticorin, Madurai and Tanjore.
05/12/15 Zee News
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According to media reports, the Chennai airport will resume its flight services only partially to ferry stranded aircraft. The flights can only take off without passengers and no landings will take place. The clearance was given by DGCA following an inspection of the facilities at the airport.
"The situation is under control and the water has receded from the airfield side. We have made it operational and from tomorrow (Saturday) it will start working. We have allowed operation for the ferry, technical and relief purpose," Chairman of the Airport Authority of India RK Srivastava had said, as per ANI.
The operations at the airport have been suspended after water entered the runway following incessant rains for over a week now.
The southern railway also resumed limited operations from Chennai's Egmore station yesterday with five special trains leaving for Kanyakumari, Sengottai, Tuticorin, Madurai and Tanjore.
05/12/15 Zee News
