Indian police have set up multiple roadblocks on roads in Delhi following a car blast on Monday evening which left at least 13 people dead and multiple injured.
The blast occurred inside a car near the historic Red Fort. Police reported a slow-moving vehicle had stopped at a red light on the road before the explosion which set nearby vehicles alight, damaging more than twenty cars.
Immediately after the blast, firefighters, police teams and forensic experts reached the spot to investigate the blast.
Video footage filmed by a China Global Television Network (CGTN) stringer on Tuesday showed that police have blocked off roads near the incident area, with a large number of media personnel remaining on site.
The Red Fort area will remain closed for three days and the entire area will be cordoned off, according to reports on Tuesday.
Police set up roadblocks after deadly car explosion in New Delhi
Police set up roadblocks after deadly car explosion in New Delhi
The operational efficiency of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in south China's Guangdong Province has greatly improved following the launch of a new terminal and a new runway one month ago.
The airport officially put into operation its Terminal 3 and fifth runway on October 30, making it China's first civil airport to operate five commercial runways.
Terminal 3 features a range of self-service facilities, including check-in kiosks, automated baggage drop systems, and smart security screening equipment, which have greatly streamlined passenger processing.
Since its opening, five airlines have shifted their domestic operations to Terminal 3, which now handles an average of 158 flights and about 26,000 passengers daily.
"Compared with Terminal 1, both the number of staffed counters and self-service kiosks of Terminal 3 have increased significantly, greatly reducing the average check-in time for passengers. For domestic direct flights, the entire check-in process can be completed in a minimum of one minute," said Shi Mengyao, a staffer with the ground service department of the Guangdong branch of China Eastern Airlines.
Beyond efficiency improvements, the terminal also includes an observation deck that offers travelers panoramic views of the airfield.
"Since its opening, the observation deck attracts over 3,000 visitors per day on average, with total visits exceeding 100,000 to date," said Luo Li, deputy general manager of a terminal management company at Baiyun International Airport.
The airport's expansion also marks another step toward building a world-class airport cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
"The airport's expansion not only consolidates the Greater Bay Area as an aviation hub connecting China with the world, but also helps lower logistics costs within the area, promote the free flow and efficient allocation of economic resources, and enhances the area's capacity for global resource allocation," said Li Jing, chief planner with the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transport.
New terminal, runway boost operational efficiency of airport in Guangzhou
