The death toll increases as the hours pass.
At least 137 people died Sunday evening in India in the collapse of a bridge which spanned a river in the state of Gujarat, in the west of the country.
Authorities estimated that 500 people, including women and children, were celebrating a religious holiday on and around the bridge when the cables supporting it gave way shortly after dark.
The state government appointed a team of five investigators to determine the causes of the bridge collapse.
Nine people, all associated with a company that maintained the bridge in Morbi, are being investigated for manslaughter.
The structure had just been renovated
Sandeepsinh Jhala, head of the municipality of Morbi, indicated that no certificate of conformity had been issued before the reopening to the public, last Wednesday, of this bridge which had just been renovated.
મોરબી ખાતે થયેલ દુર્ઘટનાથી અત્યંત દુ:ખી છું.
આ અંગે ગુજરાતના મુખ્યમંત્રી @bhupendrapbjp તથા અન્ય અધિકારીઓ સાથે વાત કરી.
રાહત અને બચાવ કામગીરી પુરઝડપે ચાલી છે છે અસરગ્રસ્તોને તમામ આવશ્યક સહાય પાડવામાં પાડવામાં આવી છે છે.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 30, 2022
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Gujarat, where he is from, said on Twitter, "deeply saddened by this tragedy" and announced compensation for the victims.
A rescue operation with divers, boats and dozens of soldiers is still underway on Monday.
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