President Droupadi Murmu’s helicopter wheels got stuck in soft concrete at a newly built helipad in Pathanamthitta. The last-minute change from Nilackal to Pramadam due to weather caused the issue. She continued her Sabarimala journey by road

Pathanamthitta: The wheels of the helicopter which carried President Droupadi Murmu for her Sabarimala visit got stuck in a depression in the newly concreted helipad at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium at Pramadam here when it landed on Wednesday morning.

After the President left for Pamba by road, visuals on TV channels showed several policemen and fire force personnel pushing the helicopter’s wheels out of the small depressions created when it landed on the concrete.

A senior police officer of the district said that the stadium was fixed as the l

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