Gujarat Morbi Bridge Collapse News Live Updates: PM Modi to visit Morbi tomorrow; Congress demands judicial inquiry - The Indian Express
Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day tour to election-bound Gujarat, will be visiting Morbi on Tuesday, November 1, in the wake of the bridge collapse over Machchhu river that has led to the death of 133 people so far. Speaking in Kevadia, Modi Monday said that he was pained by the tragedy in Morbi.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has demanded a judicial inquiry into the accident to investigate its cause. “The responsibility of this tragic accident must be fixed and the guilty must be brought to book, only then can such incidents be prevented in the future,” a statement by the Congress party quoted him as saying. The Gujarat government, meanwhile, has appointed a five-member committee of bureaucrats and police officers to probe into the incident.
Citing gross negligence and mismanagement, officers at B-division Morbi city police station lodged a first information report (FIR) over the incident. The FIR has named “the agency responsible for maintaining the bridge” and the “management agency” as accused, without naming the company in-charge of maintenance and repair or specific individuals, under IPC sections 304 and 308 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), officers said.
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According to reports, several women and children were on the “hanging bridge” when it snapped, plunging them into the water below. The incident occurred at about 6:30 pm on Sunday, October 30, when dozens of people were walking on the bridge, a major tourist attraction of Morbi.
Teams from the Indian Army, IAF, Navy, and Coast Guard have been called in to assist in rescue and relief operations in Morbi town where the bridge collapsed Sunday evening.
Two columns of the Army from Surendranagar and Bhuj and a team of Garud commandos from the Indian Air Force from Jamnagar are helping in the search and rescue operation. Two teams from the Indian Navy, which include 50 divers, have also been called in from Jamnagar and Porbandar. A medical team from the Army from Surendranagar has also been called in for assistance. Apart from this five teams of the NDRF, eight platoons of the SDRF, and seven teams from the fire brigade are already on the accident site.
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