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NICE MEETING SHARMA bhai....ekkada vizag lo...nice to see many people from VIzag in this DB :)

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HOPE IT BECOMES THE CAPITAL...EVEN THOUGHT IT DOESNT MATTER TO VIZAGITES... :)      

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An aerial view of the Vizag airport, damaged in Cyclone Hudhud

 

VISAKHAPATNAM:  Sunil Bharati Mittal was among the top telecom executives who were sharply reprimanded today by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Five days after Cyclone Hudhud pounded his state, phones aren't working in Visakhapatnam, which took the worst beating. 

Mr Naidu lost his temper and demanded "a straight answer" for what he described as their "non-performance." 

"That means you are totally commercial... you are exploiting the government...the public," the visibly angry Chief Minister said, according to the Press Trust of India. "My efficiency (in disaster relief works) has gone down by 50 per cent because of the communication gap," he was quoted as saying.

Mr Mittal is the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises; his Airtel has the most mobile subscribers in India. 

Telecom executives allegedly said their services will be restored to normal by Saturday evening. Mr Naidu asked telecom service providers to come up with new plans with low rates for users in the districts that were worst-hit by the cyclone; he also said officials helping with relief operations must be given 3G services.

Since Mr Naidu arrived on Tuesday in Visakhapatnam or Vizag as it's known, he has been supervising his administration's attempts to help piece back the city which is still without power. The Chief Minister told NDTV this week that he will "have telecom executives arrested" if he finds they are not moving fast enough to restore connectivity.

Telecom towers were bent like playdough by the winds that Cyclone Hudhud delivered at nearly 200 km per hour. Nearly 40,000 electricity poles were hit. 

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An aerial view of the Vizag airport, damaged in Cyclone Hudhud

 

VISAKHAPATNAM:  Sunil Bharati Mittal was among the top telecom executives who were sharply reprimanded today by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Five days after Cyclone Hudhud pounded his state, phones aren't working in Visakhapatnam, which took the worst beating. 

Mr Naidu lost his temper and demanded "a straight answer" for what he described as their "non-performance." 

"That means you are totally commercial... you are exploiting the government...the public," the visibly angry Chief Minister said, according to the Press Trust of India. "My efficiency (in disaster relief works) has gone down by 50 per cent because of the communication gap," he was quoted as saying.

Mr Mittal is the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises; his Airtel has the most mobile subscribers in India. 

Telecom executives allegedly said their services will be restored to normal by Saturday evening. Mr Naidu asked telecom service providers to come up with new plans with low rates for users in the districts that were worst-hit by the cyclone; he also said officials helping with relief operations must be given 3G services.

Since Mr Naidu arrived on Tuesday in Visakhapatnam or Vizag as it's known, he has been supervising his administration's attempts to help piece back the city which is still without power. The Chief Minister told NDTV this week that he will "have telecom executives arrested" if he finds they are not moving fast enough to restore connectivity.

Telecom towers were bent like playdough by the winds that Cyclone Hudhud delivered at nearly 200 km per hour. Nearly 40,000 electricity poles were hit. 

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Good news :

Finally after 5 days our airport going to operate from tomorrow.
International flights will resume from nov 1.
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Vizag: Vizag airport will resume operations from Friday, after sustaining extensive damages in the wake of cyclone Hudhud. The decision to resume operation was taken by the Director General of Civil Aviation, the Bureau Civil Aviation Security in consultation with various airlines.
Air India will restart its operations on Friday, with the following schedule:
AI 251- Departure from Delhi at 13:30 hours and Arrival at Visakhapatnam at 15:40 hours and it will depart from Visakhapatnam at 16:30 hours and arrive at Hyderabad at 17:30 hours.
Cyclone Hudhud hit Vizag airport to resume operations from Friday
International operations will restart after some time. The intention is to start immigration facilities at the earliest so that international flights can start by November 1.

Nine other airlines will start functioning on Saturday, with the following tentative schedule, which will be finalized and announced on Friday.
Tentative revised domestic Flight Schedule w.e.f 18-10-2014 in the following order:
S.No) Flight No.
Operator
Arrival
Departure
Days of operation
1) LB - 651 / LB 696
Air Costa
Hyd. 08-10
Bangalore 08-30
Daily
2) AI - 952/ AI 452
Air India
Hyd. 08-00
Delhi 08-45
Daily
3) SG - 401 / SG - 226
Spicejet
Mumbai / Hyd. 09-30
Hyd./Delhi 10-00
Daily
4) 6E 248 / 6E 241
Indigo
Mumbai / Hyd. 12-45
Hyd. / Mumbai 13-15
Daily
5) 6E 492 / 6E 492
Indigo
Bangalore 13-15
Bhubaneswar 13-45
2, 3, 5, 7
6) LB 636 / LB 636
Air Costa
Vijayawada
13-35
Tirupathi 14-00
Daily
7) 6E 491 / 6E 491
Indigo
Bhubaneswar 14-55
Bangalore 15-25
1, 4, 6
8) 6E 313 / 6E 306
Indigo
Delhi / Hyd.
16-55
Hyd. / Delhi 17-25
Daily
9) LB 665 / LB 665
Air Costa
Tirupathi 16-55
Vijayawada 17-15
Daily
10) 6E 605 / 6E 608
Indigo
Delhi / 10-00
Hyd. / Mumbai / 10.30
Daily
11) AI 451 / AI 951
Air India
Delhi / 15-30
Hyderabad / 16-20
Daily
International operations will restart after some time. The intention is to start immigration facilities at the earliest so that international flights can start by November 1.
Provisions are being made for the reopening of four counters to facilitate check-in for passengers. Efforts are also being made to reconstruct in a short duration, toilets, shops and food counters for passengers. The existing VIP lounge is also being made available to senior citizens, women and infants. The conveyor belt and aero bridge will also be made operational after due inspections.
The radar antenna, which was completely damaged, will be replaced and made functional within a month. Restoration, repair and renovation work relating to the civilian terminal will start immediately and is likely to be completed within the next three months.
For the time being, however, the Vizag airport will operate with no air conditioning and minimal furnishing.

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