Specification Report to accompanying the work “CONSTRUCTION OF

SEA WALL WITH ARMOUR UNITS (TETRAPODS) ON VAKALAPUDI - EDATAM ROAD

FROM KM.9.300 TO 9.600 (0.300Kms) IN EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT “

Estimate Amount (PART – A ) : Rs. 9.50 Crores.

The Vakalapudi – Edatam road is an important (R&B) State Highway in East

Godavari District, having a total length of 46 Kms., connects several fishermen
villages of Kakinada Rural mandal, U. Kothapalli and Thondangi mandals to the
District Head Quarters and Port City of Kakinada. The road starts at Km. 3.500 of
Sarpavaram Junction to Vakalapudi light house peta road (M.D.R) and croses
Kakinada – Rajangaram (A.D.B) road and Samalkota – Uppada road.

This road is passing through number of villages upto Tuni and number of
R&B roads and heavy intensity of traffic prevails on the road as the public of all
these villages travels on this road to reach Kakinada City on one side and side and
to reach to reach Pilgrim center at Annavaram on other side. The road stretch Km.
7/2 to 11/2 (4.000 Kms.) runs in very close proximity (i.e., 1.00M to 10.00M) to
the Sea i.e., Bay-of-Bengal. The existing road in the above stretch is very
frequently getting badly affected due to the several tidal wave actions occurring
during Full Moon and New Moon days and every month and also during cyclones
resulting in loss of property i.e., damaging the road and merger of adjacent land
in to the sea besides causing interruption of traffic. Temporary restoration work is
being carried out regularly to restore the traffic. Unless permanent protective
measures are taken, problem is becoming recurring and valuable land is being
badly damaged and several acres of land abutting the road, merges in to the sea
and also several acres of land turn to waste land because of increased levels of
salanity in the land.

The cause of Sea erosion along Uppada coast mainly ascribed to the
peculiar feature at the coast i.e., the existing of 17 km long narrow sand spit
called the Godavari Sand Spit (Hope Island) which has been steadily extending in
length due to progressive deposition of sand transported by waves in form of
littoral drift coming from the South. This sand spit forms a big shallow bay called
"The Kakinada Bay" which is open from the North, breaks the continuity of the
shore-line and consequently the continuity of sand travelling along the coast,
resulting into deposition at the head of the sand spit. It cannot therefore reach
Uppada shore as it otherwise would have done, leaving the energy to pick up the
material from the coast near Uppada, thus resulting in Coastal erosion.

The Executive Engineer (R & B), Kakinada has addressed Department of

Ocean Engineering, IIT Chennai vide Lr. no. 77/2JTO2/V-E Road/2010
dt.12.03.2012 to carry out detailed investigation on the stability of shoreline
along the above stretch with Specific reference to shoreline erosion and the
requirement of coastal protection. Accordingly, Prof. V.Sundar and Prof.S.A.
Sannasiraj Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Chennai have carried out the
study area at the geographical location of Vakalapudi – Edatam Road coastal site
is 17.05° N and 82.31° E and the key map of location. The stretch of 8.730 km to
11.087 km from the Vaklapudi light house has been the most severely affected
coast which needs immediate attention. This particular stretch poses problem of
severe erosion and inundation during monsoon period, in particular during the
high tide period. The southern part of the above stretch from 7.2 km to 8.73 km
has shown substantial beach loss during the earlier years. In addition, this cyclone
prone coastal stretch is also subjected to severe inundation due to storm surge.

The status of the existing temporary seawall presented earlier clearly shows
that it needs to be strengthened from further loss. At several locations, the
temporary seawall in distress can be brought down in total by the ocean waves
which are likely to hit the coast with greater energy from June-Sept. The slopes
vary between 1:1 and 1:1.15. During the monsoon, the waves can easily take
away the existing stones, and in the event of overtopping, the rundown can
loosen the rubble mound resulting in a total breach. This calls for an immediate
restoration of the temporary seawall. The proposed seawall section for northern
stretch is shown in Fig.11. To combat with severe sea erosion, tetrapod’s are
designed to withstand higher wave heights during storms. A 3.6 m wide toe has
been designed using a single layer of tetrapods placed over the gabions. The
gabions have been suggested to keep the weight of one unit (one gabion) is
sufficient to withstand the wave action as well as to dissipate the wave energy.
The top level of the toe has been kept just below the high tide level. This has been
designed to facilitate the construction of sea front amour layer. From the
southern end of this stretch (i.e., 11.087km chainage), the construction has to be
started by placing the gabions which would act as a working platform as shown in
fig.12. To avoid damages to the gabion ropes during construction, suitable
measures have to be adopted. On the road side, gabions are recommended to
 avoid spreading the seawall for a wider width. The gabions as well reduce water
overtopping substantially.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh have in principle decided to construct

Sea wall for one Kilometer length in Vulnerable sections as Pilot Project Vide
Govt., Memo No. 115/RIV.1/2013-14, dt. 21-02-2014. Accordingly a Vulnerable
stretch i.e., from Km. 9.300 to 9.600 of 300M length is considered for providing
Sea wall with Tetrapods. The reach was 300M length earlier recommended by
I.I.T. Madras with Tetrapods. Hence an estimate is prepared with Tetrapods.

The estimate is prepared as per the quantities proposed in the report of IIT,
Chennai. The rates are worked out as per SSR 2013-14 and the rates obtained
from the Port department. The work will carried out as per relevant clauses of
MORTH specifications.

Asst. Executive Engineer (R&B) Dy. Executive Engineer (R&B) Executive Engineer (R&B)
East Section; Kakinada East Sub-divn; Kakinada Division; Kakinada

Superintending Engineer (R&B)

Circle; Kakinada
 Specification Report to accompanying the work “CONSTRUCTION OF
SEA WALL WITH GEOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTS (GEOTUBE) ON VAKALAPUDI -
EDATAM ROAD FROM KM.8.600 TO 9.300 & KM.21.000 TO 21.200 (0.900Kms) IN
EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT.”
Estimate Amount (PART – B ) : Rs. 28.00 Crores.

The Vakalapudi – Edatam road is an important (R&B) State Highway in East

Godavari District, having a total length of 46 Kms., connects several fishermen
villages of Kakinada Rural mandal, U. Kothapalli and Thondangi mandals to the
District Head Quarters and Port City of Kakinada. The road starts at Km. 3.500 of
Sarpavaram Junction to Vakalapudi light house peta road (M.D.R) and croses
Kakinada – Rajangaram (A.D.B) road and Samalkota – Uppada road.

This road is passing through number of villages upto Tuni and number of
R&B roads and heavy intensity of traffic prevails on the road as the public of all
these villages travels on this road to reach Kakinada City on one side and side and
to reach to reach Pilgrim center at Annavaram on other side. The road stretch Km.
7/2 to 11/2 (4.000 Kms.) runs in very close proximity (i.e., 1.00M to 10.00M) to
the Sea i.e., Bay-of-Bengal. The existing road in the above stretch is very
frequently getting badly affected due to the several tidal wave actions occurring
during Full Moon and New Moon days and every month and also during cyclones
resulting in loss of property i.e., damaging the road and merger of adjacent land
in to the sea besides causing interruption of traffic. Temporary restoration work is
being carried out regularly to restore the traffic. Unless permanent protective
measures are taken, problem is becoming recurring and valuable land is being
badly damaged and several acres of land abutting the road, merges in to the sea
and also several acres of land turn to waste land because of increased levels of
salanity in the land.

The cause of Sea erosion along Uppada coast mainly ascribed to the
peculiar feature at the coast i.e., the existing of 17 km long narrow sand spit
called the Godavari Sand Spit (Hope Island) which has been steadily extending in
length due to progressive deposition of sand transported by waves in form of
littoral drift coming from the South. This sand spit forms a big shallow bay called
"The Kakinada Bay" which is open from the North, breaks the continuity of the
shore-line and consequently the continuity of sand travelling along the coast,
resulting into deposition at the head of the sand spit. It cannot therefore reach
Uppada shore as it otherwise would have done, leaving the energy to pick up the
material from the coast near Uppada, thus resulting in Coastal erosion.

The Executive Engineer (R & B), Kakinada has addressed Department of

Ocean Engineering, IIT Chennai vide Lr. no. 77/2JTO2/V-E Road/2010
dt.12.03.2012 to carry out detailed investigation on the stability of shoreline
along the above stretch with Specific reference to shoreline erosion and the
requirement of coastal protection. Accordingly, Prof. V.Sundar and Prof.S.A.
Sannasiraj Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Chennai have carried out the
study area at the geographical location of Vakalapudi – Edatam Road coastal site
is 17.05° N and 82.31° E and the key map of location. The stretch of 8.730 km to
11.087 km from the Vaklapudi light house has been the most severely affected
coast which needs immediate attention. This particular stretch poses problem of
severe erosion and inundation during monsoon period, in particular during the
high tide period. The southern part of the above stretch from 7.2 km to 8.73 km
has shown substantial beach loss during the earlier years. In addition, this cyclone
prone coastal stretch is also subjected to severe inundation due to storm surge.

The status of the existing temporary seawall presented earlier clearly shows
that it needs to be strengthened from further loss. At several locations, the
temporary seawall in distress can be brought down in total by the ocean waves
which are likely to hit the coast with greater energy from June-Sept. The slopes
vary between 1:1 and 1:1.15. During the monsoon, the waves can easily take
away the existing stones, and in the event of overtopping, the rundown can
loosen the rubble mound resulting in a total breach. This calls for an immediate
restoration of the temporary seawall. The proposed seawall section for northern
stretch is shown in Fig.11. The southern stretch from 7.2km chainage to about
1.7km long coast has narrow beach width and to prevent storm water
overtopping, there is a temporary seawall which is found to be in damaged
further erosion as well as it has to prevent wave overtopping during storms. The
conceptual scheme is that three Geo-tubessandwiched between Geo-bags with
Gabions as armour layer is suggested. Sufficient beach width is required to
facilitate the implementation of the solution. The proposed cross section of the
 Geo-tubes seawall is shown is Fig.12. The cross-section of geo synthetic products
that has been adopted in one of the stretches of the virgin beach in the vicinity as
can be seen in Photo.4. Hence, the cross-section has been revised to
accommodate to the site conditions to avoid wave overtopping.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh have in principle decided to construct
Sea wall for one Kilometer length in Vulnerable sections as Pilot Project Vide
Govt., Memo No. 115/RIV.1/2013-14, dt. 21-02-2014. Accordingly Two Vulnerable
stretch i.e., from Km. 8.600 to 9.300 of (700M) & from Km. 21.000 to 21.200
(200M) total 0.900 Kms. Length is considered for providing Sea wall with Geo-
Tube. The reach was 900M length earlier recommended by I.I.T. Madras with
Geo-Tube. Hence an estimate is prepared with Geo-Tube.

The estimate is prepared as per the quantities proposed in the report of IIT,
Chennai. The rates are worked out as per SSR 2013-14 and the rates obtained
from the Port department. The work will carried out as per relevant clauses of
MORTH specifications.

Asst. Executive Engineer (R&B) Dy. Executive Engineer (R&B) Executive Engineer (R&B)
East Section; Kakinada East Sub-divn; Kakinada Division; Kakinada

Superintending Engineer (R&B)

Circle; Kakinada