A section of roof at New Delhi\u2019s airport collapsed following heavy rain on Friday, crushing one man to death and injuring eight others in the latest high profile infrastructure disaster to dent India\u2019s image. <\/p>\n
\u201cDue to heavy rain since early this morning, a portion of the canopy at the old Departure forecourt of Delhi\u2019s Terminal 1 collapsed around 5 am,\u201d a statement from the Indira Gandhi International Airport said. <\/p>\n
All departures from Terminal 1 are temporarily suspended, the statement added. <\/p>\n
Delhi Fire Services assistant divisional officer Ravinder Singh said rescuers got to the scene to find two support pillars had collapsed over a car. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt took us a little longer to get his body out. Our rescue operations ended in 20 minutes,\u201d he said, adding the wounded were taken to hospital. <\/p>\n
Photos of the scene released by the fire service showed the large white canopy of the roof had plunged to the ground, crushing several cars. One person could be seen slumped under twisted metal in the driver\u2019s seat of one of the cars. <\/p>\n
India\u2019s minister of Civil Aviation, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, said he was \u201cpersonally monitoring\u201d the collapse in a statement on X. <\/p>\n
Parts of the capital territory of Delhi experienced heavy rainfall this week, flooding roads and submerging cars. The showers brought some respite from weeks of blistering heat after the city experienced temperatures as high as 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) \u2013 its highest on record \u2013 straining the country\u2019s electricity grid and power supply. <\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s incident is the latest in a string of collapses and other mishaps in the nation of 1.4 billion, which in recent years, has prioritized spending on grand infrastructure projects and upgrading its aging transport network. <\/p>\n
Earlier this month, at least nine people were killed and dozens of others injured after a cargo train collided with a passenger train in eastern India. <\/p>\n
In 2022, some 135 people were killed when a newly renovated suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi, in the western state of Gujarat, in what was described as one of the worst public safety tragedies in recent years. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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