At least one killed and eight injured as New Delhi airport roof collapses

at least One person died and eight were injured This Friday, a portion of the roof of New Delhi airport’s Terminal 1 collapsed following heavy rain overnight, leaving parts of the city flooded and forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights.

“At around 5:00 am (23:30 Thursday GMT), the roof outside the airport’s Terminal 1 collapsed,” IGI Airport Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Usha Rangnani told the agency. “One person died and around eight people were injured,” the police official said. All the injured are stable And several teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are on the site.

All flight departures from Terminal 1 have been cancelled till 2:00 pm local time (8:30 GMT) and check-in counters have also been closed, New Delhi airport said in a statement. However, flights that initially landed at the said terminal continued to operate for the first few hours. They were later shifted to Terminals 2 and 3, Whose activities have not been affected, said the statement published in X.

Indian Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu told the media that they would start “An In-depth Investigation” to ascertain the cause of the collapse, claiming that it was caused by a technical problem triggered by the intense rains in New Delhi.

In addition, he announced Compensation of Rs 2 crore (about $24,000) for the family of the deceased and 300,000 rupees (about $3,600) for the injured. Heavy rains were recorded in the Indian capital this Friday, causing flooding in many areas of this city of about 22 million inhabitants.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) expects heavy rains to continue in New Delhi over the weekend. This rain comes just days after New Delhi recorded Maximum temperature is above 40 degreesIn the last moments of a scorching summer, which has caused dozens of deaths due to heatwaves, especially in the north and east of India.