Calcutta: Calcutta airport’s aerobridges leak whenever there is a heavy spell of rain and authorities have blamed faulty design and construction.
The terminal had a problem of water leaking from various places. The problem has reduced following repairs but rainwater seeping into aerobridges continues, an airport official said.
There are 18 aerobridges at the airport; of which at least seven have leaking roofs.
Among the technical flaws that have been detected are too many sharp curves in the fixed arms of the aerobridges and flat roofs that don’t allow for smooth drainage of rainwater, the official said.
“We have undertaken repair work on the roofs of the aerobridges and most have been fixed,” airport director Kaushik Bhattacharya said.
“There are a few, though, that cannot be fixed because of a flaw in the design. We plan to change the design and we have referred the matter to a design consultant. They will come up with an alternative,” Bhattacharya said.
Metro spoke to airport engineers to find out the technical defects.
03/10/19 Sanjay Mandal/Telegraph
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The terminal had a problem of water leaking from various places. The problem has reduced following repairs but rainwater seeping into aerobridges continues, an airport official said.
There are 18 aerobridges at the airport; of which at least seven have leaking roofs.
Among the technical flaws that have been detected are too many sharp curves in the fixed arms of the aerobridges and flat roofs that don’t allow for smooth drainage of rainwater, the official said.
“We have undertaken repair work on the roofs of the aerobridges and most have been fixed,” airport director Kaushik Bhattacharya said.
“There are a few, though, that cannot be fixed because of a flaw in the design. We plan to change the design and we have referred the matter to a design consultant. They will come up with an alternative,” Bhattacharya said.
Metro spoke to airport engineers to find out the technical defects.
03/10/19 Sanjay Mandal/Telegraph
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