Last Saturday, Delhi residents woke up to videos and images of a heavily inundated Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). As shocking as the videos were, airport officials say the waterlogging is nothing new; it happens every time there is a downpour. However, a solution has eluded them so far, with plans to construct two wider drains failing to take off even three years after they were conceived for want of clearances from agencies.
Officials of the airport operator, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), said for the past three years, they have been in talks with Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the public works department (PWD)
