Mumbai airport operator completes runway repair, maintenance work ahead of monsoon

Adani Groupowned Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport CSMIA Mumbai on Tuesday announced the completion of its runway repair and maintenance work ahead of the monsoon seasonDuring the runway repairing work that was carried out between 11 am and 5 pm on Tuesday CSMIA in cooperation with airlines were able to effectively reschedule 150 flights on departure and arrival it saidDuring the closure period CSMIA also carried out critical checks which could only be performed during the runway closure the private airport operator said in a statementThe runway work started at 11 am and after careful assessment and evaluation both runways RWY 1432 and 0927 became operational for all flight movements from 5 pm CSMIA said in a statementThe runway maintenance work was undertaken in keeping with CSMIAs continued efforts to improve operational efficiency and reduce inconvenience to its passengers during monsoon it saidCSMIA is the busiest single runway airport in the world with over 950 flights departing and arriving at the facility every dayTo enable smooth functioning in monsoon CSMIA had early last month announced it will temporarily close the two crossing runways between 11 am and 5pm on May 2 for maintenance and repair workDuring the maintenance period the facility operator said it carried out multiple runway inspections to be prepared for the adversities that come in with Mumbai rainsAlso Read Mumbai coastal road BMC organises photo exhibition on citys ambitious projectVarious premonsoon measures have also been implemented where waterloggingprone areas are identified and inspected health check of runways by machine and manual observation by trained specialists is carried out to find superficial cracks disjoints and textureClose to 5000 aeronautical ground lights on runways and taxiways are serviced and checked whilst 1300 ground markings which provides directional guidance to aircraft are removed and repainted it addedRepair works around the runway such as segregation of electric cables for primary and secondary runway minor and major repair on runway intersections and other complex tasks were also carried outTo mitigate any waterlogging over 2000 drains and duct banks across the maze of runways were opened checked and cleaned CSMIA said and added that this ensures the integrity of cables underground utilities and the health of aeronautical lighting systems essential for navigation of aircraftThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeverThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever