Canopy collapsed at Rajkot airport after Delhi, The accident caused due to heavy rain.

Rajkot: There are incidents of hoardings breaking due to the onset of wind and rain across Gujarat, while the canopy (German Dome) has collapsed at the Rajkot Hirasar Airport due to heavy winds and rain. fortunately, there was no casualty in this incident.

A major accident was averted on Saturday at Rajkot International Airport. Here too, a disaster like Terminal-1 of Delhi Airport was spared from happening. A canopy above the passenger pick-up-drop area outside the terminal at the Rajkot-based Hirasar International Airport collapsed. However, fortunately, no casualties occurred. PM Modi inaugurated the new terminal building of Rajkot Airport in July 2023. This airport was expanded at a cost of over 1400 crores.

A day before the Rajkot International Airport incident, one person was killed and several others injured in an incident at Delhi Airport Terminal 1 on Friday. According to the Meteorological Department, a cyclone system is active in South Gujarat. So, it is raining in some parts of the state. The Meteorological Department has also said rain has been predicted for the next 5 days. IMD has declared a 'yellow alert' for South Gujarat.