Delhi airport roof collapses months after Modi inaugurates project
The Peninsula
New Delhi: The roof of a terminal building at New Delhi s international airport partially collapsed in heavy rains early Friday, killing one person, r...
New Delhi: The roof of a terminal building at New Delhi's international airport partially collapsed in heavy rains early Friday, killing one person, rescuers said, months after a refurbishment project inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Images posted online showed vehicles crushed under giant steel girders at the departure forecourt of the airport's Terminal 1, one of several projects Modi celebrated in March ahead of the country's recent general election.
"Due to heavy rain since early this morning, a portion of the canopy... collapsed around 5 am," airport authorities said in a statement.
The terminal is used for domestic flights only. Departures from it were cancelled until early afternoon, with later flights diverted to other terminals, which were operating as normal.
Infrastructure spending has been a priority under Modi, and the Delhi airport -- named after assassinated former prime minister Indira Gandhi -- is one of the country's flagship projects.
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