Canopy outside Rajkot airport collapses after heavy rain

NEW DELHI: Canopy outside Gujarat's Rajkot airport terminal collapsed on Saturday due to heavy rainfall.
This came just a day after the roof of New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport's terminal-1 collapsed, killing one person.
Sources from the Ministry of Civil Aviation reported that the canopy broke during maintenance work to remove accumulated water.No one was injured in the incident. A detailed report has been sought.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a 'yellow alert' for South Gujarat, predicting the possibility of heavy showers on Saturday. "The cyclonic circulation over central Gujarat and its surrounding areas now lies over South Gujarat and extends up to 4.5 km above mean sea level, tilting southwards. Due to the aforementioned systems, Gujarat is very likely to experience an active wet spell over the next five days," the IMD stated in a release.
Heavy showers are also predicted at isolated locations in the districts of Gandhinagar, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand, Navsari, and Valsad, as well as in Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli on Sunday, with the wet spell expected to continue until July 3, according to the release.