Low visibility prevents PM’s helicopter from landing in Taherpur, Modi returns to Kolkata airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter failed to land at the Taherpur helipad in West Bengal owing to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area on Saturday, an official told news agency PTI. The PM’s chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the Kolkata airport.

The Prime Minister was waiting at the airport for further updates on the weather situation. He was set to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate national highway projects at Ranaghat in Nadia district.

It wasn’t immediately clear if PM Modi would reach the rally venue district by road or whether he would wait for the weather to clear up and make another attempt to reach Taherpur by the aerial route, the official said.