India, Sept. 24 -- The inauguration of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), originally scheduled for September 30, has been postponed by at least a couple of weeks due to heavy rains across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and the Konkan area, according to officials familiar with the developments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expected to inaugurate the new airport, which is being developed in a public-private partnership (PPP) led by Adani Airports. However, an official from the Maharashtra chief minister's office said, "There is a lot of loose soil and muck on the roads leading up to the new airport in Ulwe, which may make it difficult for visitors to reach the airport."

As a result, the Prime Minister's Office informed the ...