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Flood Barriers - Frontier flood barrier. Aquastop Flood Barriers safeguards India’s Chennai underground metro from flooding

Chennai is a city in India, the capital of the Chennai district in the federated state of Tamil Nadu, of which it is the capital. Through its Indian channel partner, Frontier Flood Barriers India LLP, New Delhi and their agents, Shiv Safety, Mumbai, Aquastop Flood Barriers has secured some of the city’s underground lines.

The flood protection intervention was carried out in January 2022, overcoming various complex issues due to the large size of the openings to be protected as well as the positioning of the panels on top of the access ramps to the gates. The Flood Barriers were installed at two underground stations – Saidapet and Thousand Lights. During heavy rains, waves created by busses and trucks on the roads reach a height upto 1.2 meters. This water can easily destroy the escalators and lifts positioned on the road amounting to huge loss of machinery and revenue.

To overcome the lack of side supports, special stainless steel side brackets were designed and produced to support the panels and prevent water from entering from the sides of the access. Other panels were installed to protect the lifts. They are positioned using “Tinz” angles, special removable supports that can be placed at the time of the weather warning, without the need to drill holes in the walls (which, in this case, were faced with granite).

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The intervention was carried out professionally. The close collaboration between Frontier and the Aquastop technical office at Italy, allowed the design of the custom-made solution and the subsequent production of custom-made elements specifically for this project.

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The products provided are part of the Classic Line, The barriers included accessories, and the posts needed to combine barriers for large openings.

The height of the Flood Protection Barriers were 1.2 Meters and 1.4 Meters depending upon the location. Once there is a warning for eminent floods, the barriers along with their intermediate columns can be a deployed in no time. When not in use, the flood barriers along with their interconnection columns can be safely stored in the maintenance rooms.

Destruction from Flood waters pose great threat to underground metro stations. From ruining of escalators, lifts, electrical panels, control rooms, platforms etc. At Frontier Flood Barriers India (LLP) we can provide you with solution to protect your assests.

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