PM In Morbi Today, Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Bridge Tragedy: 10 Facts

1. The Prime Minister is predicted to go to the incident web site in Morbi and the civil hospital the place the injured have been admitted. He chaired a high-level assembly final night time throughout which he was briefed concerning the rescue efforts.

2. The British-era suspension bridge in Morbi, which had been closed since March for renovation, collapsed on Sunday night time – simply 4 days after it reopened to the general public. Not less than 47 kids, a number of girls and aged are among the many lifeless, in line with the officers.

3. Practically 500 individuals have been on the bridge when it collapsed. Although, the 150-year-old construction may take the burden of solely about 125 individuals.

4. The bridge was opened to the general public forward of schedule by 5 months, the paperwork present. The Oreva Group, the corporate that renovated the bridge, didn’t take a health certificates from the civic authorities earlier than opening the bridge, which Morbi municipal company chief Sandipsinh Zala confirmed to NDTV on Sunday.

5. The corporate was sure by its contract to maintain the bridge shut for not less than eight to 12 months for upkeep and repairs. It was a “significantly irresponsible and careless gesture” to open the bridge final week, the police mentioned in an FIR.

6. Tickets have been offered for Rs 12 to Rs 17 on Sunday to greater than 400 individuals, officers mentioned, which resulted in overcrowding on the “hanging bridge”, inflicting the outdated steel cables to offer method. Gujarat’s forensics laboratory has additionally discovered that the bridge collapsed underneath the burden of the large rush of individuals, sources have mentioned.

7. A few of the outdated cables of the bridge in Morbi weren’t modified through the seven-month renovation by the Oreva Group, sources added. 9 individuals have been arrested within the case thus far. Amongst them are managers of Oreva, ticket collectors, bridge restore contractors and three safety guards whose job was to regulate the crowds.

8. A Public Curiosity Litigation or PIL has been filed within the Supreme Court docket in search of a judicial probe into the Morbi bridge collapse. The PIL additionally seeks instructions to the states to conduct a survey of all of the “outdated and dangerous” buildings. The Supreme Court docket will take up the plea on November 14.

9. Rescue groups resumed their operation this morning with boats and divers looking out the Machchhu river, though almost all these believed to have been lacking are actually accounted for.

10. Folks fell on high of one another after the bridge snapped. Movies confirmed many desperately clinging to the stays of the bridge whereas some have been seen swimming to security. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has declared a statewide mourning on Wednesday for the victims of the bridge collapse.

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