Delhi airport roof collapse: ₹20 lakh compensation for deceased, minister to probe incident

The union minister inspected the incident site and said that the structure at the Delhi airport and other airports with such structures across the country will be thoroughly inspected. The technical reasons and other aspects of the incident will be known after the investigation, he told the reporters.

Naidu further announced that a compensation of ₹20 lakh will be given to the family of the deceased and ₹3 lakh to those injured in the tragic incident.

“I have also met the injured who are admitted at AIIMS. It is the commitment of the Government that whenever such a crisis has occurred, we have worked hard diligently and restored normalcy...What happened in T1 is unfortunate but this will be investigated,” the minister said.