Work on to Cut Boats Stuck at Prakasam Barrage Gates
VIJAYAWADA: Work to cut and remove the three boats that crashed into the Prakasam Barrage gates and got stuck at its three gates were progressing on Wednesday.
Around 50 expert hands, including 11 personnel from the Sea Lion Offshore Diving Pvt Ltd in Visakhapatnam, were at work.
“Scuba divers using gas cutters underwater are cutting one boat at a time into two halves. The parts will either be pulled to the river banks or let into the river downstream based on their size,” KV Krishna Rao, a retired EE of the water resources department overseeing the operation, told Deccan Chronicle.
Bekem Infra has brought 11 expert personnel from Visakhapatnam and would get four more scuba divers from Kakinada who would go underwater and cut the boats.
“Bekem Infra began the work at 12pm on Wednesday. In two hours, they cut about four meters of the boat,” Rao said.
It would take at least three days to complete the operation. The fourth boat, which disappeared underwater, is yet to be located.