Analysis: Delhi airport roof collapse highlights Modi’s infrastructure challenges

Earlier this week, part of a canopy at Jabalpur airport in Madhya Pradesh also collapsed after heavy rains, posts on social media showed. The new building cost $50 million and was inaugurated by Modi in March.

Last year, a Himalayan tunnel that was under construction collapsed, trapping 41 workers for 17 days and raising questions over the build process. The tunnel is part of a $1.5 billion highway project.

On Friday, an underpass in Delhi near the G20 summit venue was waterlogged after heavy rains.

Mallikarjun Kharge, president of India’s main opposition Congress party, said on X following the Delhi terminal roof collapse: “Shoddy infrastructure [was] falling like a deck of cards, in the past 10 years of Modi Govt.”