The government on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that it has formed a high-level committee of structural engineers from the Indian International Technology (IIT) Delhi to assess the incident at Delhi T1 and submit its report.
The Centre also said that the Airport operators were directed to carry out a third-party audit of the structural stability of airport buildings and associated infrastructures through a reputed government institution/body such as IITs, NITs, CBRI, EIL etc.
“All the Airport Operators have also been directed to carry out a thorough evaluation of all civil, electrical and technical aspects of the building including the design, specifications and workmanship of the roof Sheeting structure before the onset of monsoon every year,” the statement by the government said.
Notably, the airport buildings are built following laid down standards/national building code, the statement added.
Delhi Airport T1 Roof Collapse
Last month, a portion of a roof at Terminal-1 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport collapsed on cars under heavy rainfall and winds killing one person and injuring around eight others.
All flight departures from the terminal were also temporarily suspended and a taxi driver died in the fateful incident.
In response to the collapse, all domestic flight operations originally scheduled at Terminal 1 were relocated to Terminals 2 and 3. This relocation affected major carriers like IndiGo and SpiceJet and led to the cancellation of over 20 IndiGo flights on June 29.
Terminal 1 handles domestic flights, including those by IndiGo and SpiceJet. All operations were temporarily shifted to Terminal 2 and Terminal 3.
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