Delhi Airport T1 Roof Collapse: AAP Lists PM Modi-Inaugurated Infra That Took Hit After ‘First Rain’
New Delhi: Calling the roof collapse at Delhi Airport Terminal 1 a shameful incident, Sanjay Singh, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, listed a number of infrastructures inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which collapses soon after the first rain hit. This includes Atal Setu in Maharashtra’s Mumbai (launched on January 12, 2024) and Ram Mandir in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya (launched on January 22, 2024). The Rajya Sabha MP pinned the blame on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and pointed out that the Delhi Airport’s expanded Terminal 1 was also inaugurated by PM Modi in March.
Sanjay Singh, whose suspension from Parliament was revoked yesterday, said, “We all saw that water started coming out of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya just after the first rain. The water entered the Garbhagriha, which displeased the temple’s main priest. We have seen the condition of the Atal Setu Bridge. The Jabalpur terminal collapsed. The Bundelkhand Expressway was destroyed. The entire Ayodhya, which the Centre hailed for development, got waterlogged after the first rain. The Delhi Airport Terminal 1 roof collapse incident is extremely shameful, as it was inaugurated by PM Modi on March 10. Corruption follows the BJP,” Singh said. “Our government is working on waterlogging in Delhi.”
Earlier, several reports on social media platforms claimed that the roof of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple’s sanctum sanctorum leaked. The head priest of the Ram Temple, Acharya Satyendra Das, alleged that water started leaking from the roof and there is no proper way to drain it out amid rainfall.
“In the first rain, the roof of the sanctum sanctorum where the idol of Ram Lalla was installed started to leak. Attention should be paid to the matter and to find out what was missing. It is very important. There is no space to drain water out of the temple. If the rain intensifies, it would be difficult to offer prayers at the temple,” said the head priest.
Meanwhile, Ram Temple Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Mishra rejected the allegations made by the temple’s chief priest. He said, “There was no water leakage but the rainwater came down from the pipes fixed to install electric wires. I myself have inspected the building of the temple. The second floor is under construction. When the roof of the second floor will be finally constructed, then the rainwater will stop entering the temple,” Mishra told reporters.
Built at a cost of about Rs 17,840 crore, it is the longest bridge in India and also the longest sea bridge in the country. Soon after reports surfaced that the road was damaged due to heavy rainfall, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) swung into action. It later clarified that the cracks emerged on an approaching road to Atal Setu, and not on the bridge.
