One dead, eight wounded as New Delhi airport roof collapses

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Heavy rainfall and winds at New Delhi’s main airport on Friday (June 28) caused a roof to collapse, killing one person and wounding eight others.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A person was killed and several others were injured after being trapped under the debris

00:07of a fallen roof at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Friday.

00:13Authorities said a portion of the canopy at the departure area of Terminal 1 collapsed

00:18at 5 am.

00:20They said the travellers at the terminal were evacuated following the incident and eight

00:24wounded victims had been sent to a hospital for treatment.

00:30Many passengers' travel plans were affected by the incident and they said they would consider

00:35other options.

00:51The incident caused the airport operation to be shut down until 2 pm and many flights

00:56had been cancelled or rescheduled for the day.

00:59The airport said the government had announced that the family of the deceased would be paid

01:04a compensation of 20 lakh while the injured victims would receive 3 lakh each.

01:10Videos of water leaking from the roof during the downpour before the incident surfaced

01:15on social media.

01:16The Indian capital has been inundated by heavy rainfall since Thursday, with the Meteorological

01:23Department declaring that the monsoon season has arrived, bringing an end to the heat wave.

01:29The airport area recorded about 148.5 mm of rain over three hours on Friday morning, more

01:37than the average for all of June.

01:39Many parts of the city were flooded as well and cars trapped in thigh-deep water.

01:44Metro services were affected and traffic snarls were reported along major roads, while residents

01:50in several areas experienced power outage due to technical fault and precautionary shutdown.

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