Post-Phailin Restoration of Gopalpur Port☆

Abstract The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS), PHAILIN crossed Odisha and adjoining north Andhra Pradesh coast near Gopalpur in the evening of 12th October 2013 with a maximum sustained wind speed of nearly 215 Km/hr. The cyclone caused very heavy rainfall over Odisha leading to floods, and strong gale wind leading to large scale damage to gopalpur port under construction. The damage had occurred to Breakwater, Groynes, Berths, Dredger, Barges, Survey Boats, Electrical Lines, Boundary Walls, Admin Building and Site offices etc. Heavy siltation was found in the channel and harbour basin and washed out rock from breakwater was scattered in the harbour area. Various sunken objects both ferrous and non-ferrous are found above and below seabed. The berm breakwater without the primary armour has flattened with a width of about 120 m. The top level which was about 5 m above water level has been lowered by 8 m to 10 m i.e, 3 m to 5 m below water level. The major restoration work is to build the berm breakwater from 900 m to 1730 m on top of the flattened portion. The cost of restoration to pre-PHAILIN status of the port is estimated at Rs.190 Crores and the restoration period will be from Nov-2013 to August-2014. The details of survey and the restoration works are presented in this paper.