Cochin airport launches ‘Operation Paravaah’ for flood management

The Cochin International Airport Ltd on Saturday launched ‘Operation Paravaah’, a multifaceted infrastructure growth programme geared toward integrating the flood mitigation tasks of CIAL and native self-government our bodies.
Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) Managing Director S Suhas made the announcement at a evaluation assembly held right here at present.
Operation Paravaah goals to combine tasks already initiated by CIAL with that of the District Administration and varied Local Self Government our bodies to forestall flooding of airport services and close by panchayats, on one platform, a launch issued by CIAL stated.
The Kochi airport is without doubt one of the busiest within the nation and handles round 10 million passengers a yr.
However, the final two flood seasons in Kerala had affected the prospects of each the airport and the passenger neighborhood.
CIAL has undertaken works at an outlay of round Rs 130 crore for flood mitigation in and across the airport.
“The renovation work of the diversion canal, constructed for altering the course of the floodwater outside the southern side of the peripheral wall of the operational area had been divided into five reaches,” the discharge stated.
As a part of the flood mitigation challenge, a pumping system can be working by integrating north and south drains of the operational space of the airport.

With the Covid-19 outbreak dampening the progress of the tasks, the particular evaluation assembly was convened following instruction from the Chief Minister.
Suhas, who can be the District Collector, visited the development website and reviewed the progress of labor underway.
Phase 1 of Operation Paravaah can be accomplished within the final week of July.
Phase 2 incorporates main development actions together with the development of a regulator-cum-bridge (RCB) on the mouth of the Chengal Canal for Rs 20.40 crore.