Andaman Airport’s portion collapse: Just five-day after the inauguration of integrated terminal building at Veer Savarkar International Airport in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the newly built airport saw a portion of the false ceiling collapse due to the heavy winds.
The Andaman airport was recently virtually inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on last Tuesday.
Not so good news … the ceiling of the new Veer Savarkar International Airport drops. #Andaman pic.twitter.com/yhjUOnXfQF
— Andaman Chronicle (@AndamanNews) July 23, 2023
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Visuals show the fall of false ceiling in front of the ticketing counter, outside the terminal building, had been loosened for the adjustment of CCTV works and final alignment, officials informed.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of State for Road, Transport, and Highways, and Civil Aviation, General (Retd) VK Singh, along with the other senior officials.
After the visuals of collapsed part went viral, netizens questioned the quality of work that has resulted in such fall within a week of inauguration.
This is not some foreign Airport but a new International Airport terminal in Port Blair pic.twitter.com/jGbE6Cer02
— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) July 17, 2023
After seeing the videos and pictures of the collapsed parts of the Andaman Airport, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter and slammed PM Modi.
“The Prime Minister will inaugurate anything these days — even if it’s unfinished or substandard infrastructure (highways, airports, bridges, trains, etc) More than willing ministers anxious to boost their Sensex with him oblige. It’s the taxpayers and citizens who pay the cost. Such a sorry state of affairs in ‘New India’!” Ramesh wrote.
