Uncertainty looms large over reopening of Kursura Submarine Museum, which has been closed ever since cyclone Hudhud hit the coast and battered the compound wall of the museum.

While officials are hopeful of throwing the doors of the submarine open to visitors during Visakha Utsav on January 23, the recent incident of beach erosion has cast a shadow on reopening of the museum in the near future.

VUDA officials are, however, keeping their fingers crossed.

On Friday, sea surged towards the museum, eroding a major part of the approach road leading to the entry of the museum.

VUDA Vice-Chairman M.V. Seshagiri Babu, along with officials, inspected the museum to assess the situation.

Observing the intrusion of sea water and the waves, he asked Chief Engineer B. Jayarami Reddy to evolve an immediate action plan to avoid danger to the museum premises and a long-term scientific plan to make permanent arrangements to protect the landmark tourist spot from sea erosion.

Tenders have been called for reconstruction of the fencing of the walls that were affected during the cyclone. But, severe erosion activity may have further dented the possibility of restoring South Asias first submarine museum anytime soon.

Even as the peak tourist season started this week, the museum will be losing revenue of Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 1 lakh per day.

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Three backhoes were used to excavate soil around a collapsed retaining wall at the Asheville Regional Airport on New Years Day morning. The general contractor, Thalle Construction Co. of Hillsborough, is in the process of obtaining a county construction permit after failing to apply for one at the projects start.(Photo: Tonya Maxwell/tmaxwell@citizen-times.com)

ASHEVILLE Repairs on a partially collapsed retaining wall at the Asheville Regional Airport, one that was built without a county permit and left nearby wetlands laden with sediment, are expected to take about eight weeks, according to airport officials.

The two-month time frame includes approval for a permit and ordering and manufacturing new wall panels, airport spokeswoman Tina Kinsey wrote in an email.

Contractors also have outlined a repair plan that addresses drainage, excavation and installation of new concrete panels, most about five feet square and six inches thick. The document calls for all panels that have shifted or are damaged to be replaced.

Four stories tall at its peak and nearly one-fourth of a mile long, the wall buckled on one end and collapsed on the other on Christmas Eve following rains. Fill dirt from behind the structure washed across Ferncliff Park Drive and into wetlands adjacent to the French Broad River, prompting the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to issue a violation notice for the leaching sediment.

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Cooler weather can actually be a benefit for those seeking to do manual labor in the great outdoors. B&D rockeries notes this as one of many benefits, saying, The opportunity to work in cooler weather makes the job far more enjoyable than working in the heat of the day.

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The article goes on to warn homeowners of the serious consequences if they do not maintain and repair their retaining walls. B&D Rockers says that, Another huge risk for retaining walls that havent been maintained is that they can start to bulge in places, a forewarning that a collapse is soon to follow.

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