Updated on: Dec 20, 2025 01:24 pm IST
PM Modi’s chopper reportedly failed to make a landing in West Bengal’s Taherpur because dense fog in the area reduced visibility.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chopper had to return to the Kolkata airport on Saturday afternoon after low visibility due to dense fog prevented its landing in West Bengal’s Taherpur helipad in Nadia district, news agency PTI reported, citing an official.
The chopper’s landing at the helipad reportedly failed due to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area. “The PM’s chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the Kolkata airport,” the official was quoted as saying.
PM Modi is scheduled to address a rally titled ‘Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha’ in Naida today amid heightened political tensions over the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal. The inauguration of some national highway projects is also on the prime minister’s agenda.
According to PTI, PM Modi reached Kolkata at 10:40 am this morning and left for Taherpur from there. While fog has disrupted the trip, it is not yet clear if PM Modi would change his mode of transport or wait for the weather to clear up and make another attempt to reach there by air.
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