node.js – src/index.ts:12:22 – error TS2307: Cannot find module ‘./schema.graphql’ or its corresponding type declarations

hi I want to import a graphql file. For this i have installed babel-plugin-import-graphql package.but for some reason i am getting error

node_modulests-nodesrcindex.ts:750
    return new TSError(diagnosticText, diagnosticCodes);
           ^
TSError: ⨯ Unable to compile TypeScript:
src/index.ts:12:22 - error TS2307: Cannot find module './schema.graphql' or its corresponding type declarations.

12 import typeDefs from "./schema.graphql";
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

how do i do the import

import typeDefs from "./schema.graphql";

graphql.d.ts

declare module "*.graphql" {
  import { DocumentNode } from "graphql";

  const value: DocumentNode;
  export = value;
}

.babelrc

{
  "plugins": ["import-graphql"]
}

full code can be viewed here