The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has closed the inundated
Chennai International Airport due to severe floods in the South Indian
city.
The airport was closed down on the night of 1 December after endless rains resulted in water logging of the runway.
Initially, the AAI suspended operations until 3 December. However, a review of the condition forced it to extend the closure further.
The airport is likely to be opened on Sunday, depending on the weather conditions.
Evacuation process is underway with around 1,000 passengers rescued by Army personnel on 3 December. Arrangements are being made to make limited commercial flight operations from the nearby Rajali Naval Air base.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism and Culture Mahesh Sharma was reported by DNA India as saying: "Air India and some private airlines have agreed to operate six flights from Arakkonam tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
"Manual ticketing for the flights will be done at the Rajali Naval Air base. Passengers can carry only hand baggage in these flights, check-in baggage will not be allowed. Railways will operate shuttle services from Chennai Beach station to Arakkonam."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a travel notice yesterday, advising international passengers to postpone non-essential travel to Chennai.
"There was no damage to the runway. It remained under water for a few
days but has been cleared now," national aviation minister Mahesh
Sharma said.
"We had a few relief flights yesterday from the airport and today commercial flights have resumed their services."
Thousands of residents were rescued by boat or plucked from rooftops after the floods left much of Chennai, a city of more than 4 million, underwater.
Power supplies and phone networks were also hit.
Soldiers and other emergency workers who poured into the south-eastern state have now switched to rushing food, clean drinking water and medical supplies to hard-hit residents.
"The army has ... distributed relief materials including water and food to over 20,000 people," Colonel Rohan Anand said.
But rain was again falling in Chennai on Sunday, threatening to hamper relief efforts along with attempts to clear roads of waterlogged debris.
The airport was closed down on the night of 1 December after endless rains resulted in water logging of the runway.
Initially, the AAI suspended operations until 3 December. However, a review of the condition forced it to extend the closure further.
The airport is likely to be opened on Sunday, depending on the weather conditions.
Evacuation process is underway with around 1,000 passengers rescued by Army personnel on 3 December. Arrangements are being made to make limited commercial flight operations from the nearby Rajali Naval Air base.
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Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism and Culture Mahesh Sharma was reported by DNA India as saying: "Air India and some private airlines have agreed to operate six flights from Arakkonam tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
"Manual ticketing for the flights will be done at the Rajali Naval Air base. Passengers can carry only hand baggage in these flights, check-in baggage will not be allowed. Railways will operate shuttle services from Chennai Beach station to Arakkonam."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a travel notice yesterday, advising international passengers to postpone non-essential travel to Chennai.
Although services are generally operated between Chennai beach and Tamabaram, trains are now being operated only between Egmore and Tamabaram and that too only on the main line, southern railway officials said.
Supply of milk continued to remain erratic although state-run Aavin had
taken steps to ensure adequate supply of the essential commodity.
"We had a few relief flights yesterday from the airport and today commercial flights have resumed their services."
Thousands of residents were rescued by boat or plucked from rooftops after the floods left much of Chennai, a city of more than 4 million, underwater.
Power supplies and phone networks were also hit.
Soldiers and other emergency workers who poured into the south-eastern state have now switched to rushing food, clean drinking water and medical supplies to hard-hit residents.
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"The army has ... distributed relief materials including water and food to over 20,000 people," Colonel Rohan Anand said.
But rain was again falling in Chennai on Sunday, threatening to hamper relief efforts along with attempts to clear roads of waterlogged debris.
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