A section of the boundary wall at the newly built Rewa Airport in Madhya Pradesh has collapsed, just months after completion, raising serious concerns about construction quality and flood preparedness.
The airport, built at a cost of â¹500 crore, is one of the state’s most ambitious infrastructure projects.
Locals say the wall gave way after the ground beneath it eroded due to heavy rainfall, causing it to collapse overnight. This is reportedly not the first breach — similar damage was reported during rains last year, even before the airport was operational.
Rewa Airport was intended to be a transformational project for the Vindhya region. Inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was built in just 18 months on 323 acres of land from five villages.
The facility includes a 2,300-meter runway and currently runs flights to Bhopal via Khajuraho and Jabalpur, with plans to upgrade to larger aircraft soon. The airport has DGCA approval and was designed to serve the region for the next 50 years.
However, the recent breach and flooding have cast doubts over its durability.
Rewa has received 8 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Overflowing rivers like Bichhiya and Bihar have inundated parts of the city, with water entering homes and shops in several localities. Even the residence of Gudh MLA Nagendra Singh was affected.
“Rewa has turned into a pond,” Singh told reporters. “Unless the river is deepened and the floodplain is properly managed, this will remain a recurring issue.”