New Delhi.  One person died and 8 were injured in the roof collapse incident of Terminal 1 of  Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI Airport) in Delhi . The roof of Terminal 1 collapsed due to heavy rain on Friday morning. After this incident, Delhi Airport operator DIAL has suspended all flights from Terminal 1 till further notice as a precautionary measure.

Rs 20 lakh will be given to the victim's family: Union Minister

On the roof collapse incident at Delhi Airport T1, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said, "Sadly, one person lost his life in this incident. We will give an ex-gratia of Rs 20 lakh to the victim's family, all the injured will get Rs 3 lakh each.

Opposition is setting a wrong example: Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu

PM Modi inaugurated a building in the second terminal and it is intact. The building whose roof has collapsed is an old building inaugurated in 2009. It is a 15-year-old building. Using this situation to take a dig at the government is not a good example."

Passengers will get a refund

Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said, "The incident at Delhi airport is very sad. We have taken the situation under control. Terminal 1 is completely closed. All aircraft movements have been shifted to Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. People whose flights have been cancelled are either being refunded or given another flight. We will issue a circular to refund people within 7 days. We have set up war rooms at Terminal 2 and Terminal 3.

Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu further said that we have issued a circular instructing airlines not to increase airfares. We do not want such an incident to happen again, so we have called a special team from the structural department of IIT Delhi. They will give a preliminary inspection report, based on which necessary action will be taken. To ensure that we are conducting structural preliminary inspection at all airports, we have asked for a report from all airports across the country within 2-5 days.