A portion of the newly concreted helipad caved in after a chopper carrying President Droupdi Murmu landed at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Pramadam, Kerala , during her visit to the Sabrimala Temple. A video of the police and fire department officials pushing the helicopter out of the sunken spot has been doing the rounds on social media.

The President was on her way to offer prayers at the Sabarimala Temple as part of her official four-day visit to Kerala, which began on October 21 and will conclude on October 24, when the incident happened.

The now-viral video shows officials on site pushing the helicopter, which appears tilted to one side after one of its wheels sank into the ground. The video also shows officials placing a yellow-coloured block in front of one of the wheels

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