{
 "no": 33,
 "id": "case-33",
 "sk": 20240622,
 "year": 2024,
 "date": "Jan to Jun 2024",
 "cat": "Public safety",
 "sev": "red",
 "title": "Showcase infrastructure that failed on schedule",
 "stamp": "Blamed on rain, never owned",
 "human": {
  "v": "A death at a collapsing airport canopy; countless citizens on unsafe new-built roads and bridges",
  "est": true
 },
 "cost": {
  "v": "Crores in flagship projects, such as a ~<b>₹1,800 cr</b> temple complex, leaking or caving within months",
  "est": true
 },
 "what": "A run of prestige projects failed soon after grand inaugurations. New Ayodhya roads caved and the temple sanctum leaked in the first rains, a Delhi airport canopy collapsed and killed a man, and newly built bridges and airport roofs failed across states.",
 "dodge": "Each failure was blamed on unprecedented rain or a nameless contractor and quietly patched. Inaugurate with fanfare, fail within months, hold no one to account. It is the signature of a state that rewards the ribbon-cutting and ignores the engineering.",
 "ministers": [
  {
   "n": "Nitin Gadkari",
   "r": "Road Transport (highways)"
  },
  {
   "n": "Civil Aviation Ministry",
   "r": "Airport infrastructure"
  },
  {
   "n": "Yogi Adityanath",
   "r": "UP CM (Ayodhya works)"
  }
 ],
 "pos": "Authorities blamed exceptional weather and promised swift repairs and inquiries.",
 "alt": "Publish quality audits and third-party structural certification before inauguration, and hold agencies, not the weather, to account when showcase projects fail.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "Ayodhya temple roof leaks",
   "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/ayodhya-ram-temple-chief-priest-reports-a-leaky-roof-all-you-need-to-know-124062500173_1.html",
   "tier": 2,
   "archiveUrl": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260314134753/https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/ayodhya-ram-temple-chief-priest-reports-a-leaky-roof-all-you-need-to-know-124062500173_1.html"
  },
  {
   "label": "New roads caving in Ayodhya",
   "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/india%2Futtar-pradesh%2Fayodhya-ram-temples-roof-leaking-after-heavy-showers-on-saturday-night-priest-blames-lack-of-drainage-3079201",
   "tier": 2
  }
 ],
 "estimates": {
  "costInrCrore": 1800,
  "deaths": 1
 },
 "caseUrl": "https://whoisresponsible.xyz/case/case-33/"
}