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Oreva made temporary repairs in 2020, kept rickety Morbi bridge open till 2022

AHMEDABAD: Clock maker Oreva Group carried out “temporary” repairs on Morbi’s British-era suspension footbridge in 2020 and kept the structure open allegedly at risk to public safety till March this year, ostensibly after stating in writing that a full-fledged renovation was subject to the company being offered “a permanent contract”.

The Times of India

Officials probe India bridge collapse as divers comb river

Scuba divers are combing through a river in western India to make certain no bodies are left behind after the collapse of a newly repaired suspension bridge

The Independent UK

Flags at half-mast as India's Gujarat mourns deadly bridge collapse

India's Gujarat state on Wednesday mourned the death of 135 people from a bridge collapse on the weekend, with the national flag at half-mast in government buildings and public functions, receptions and entertainment programmes cancelled.

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Mallikarjun Kharge Seeks Time-Bound Judicial Probe Into Morbi Bridge Collapse Case

"A time-bound judicial enquiry led by a sitting SC/HC Judge is the only recourse," Kharge tweeted. Read on for details:

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Guards on India bridge struggled to control crowd before collapse, witnesses say

A security guard stood at either end of a 145-year-old footbridge in the Indian town of Morbi on Sunday evening, blowing whistles and repeatedly asking surging crowds to get off the structure spanning the murky Machchhu river, witnesses said.

Reuters

Gujarat bridge collapse: anger grows in India over cover-up claims

Questions asked after 135 people killed as to why repair contract was given to local firm better know for making clocks

The Guardian - UK

Congress attacks but Ashok Gehlot praises Modi, PM returns compliment

NEW DELHI: While Congress leaders leave no chance to lash out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday heaped lavish praise on him. The PM, too, returned the compliment. The mutual appreciation between the two constitutional heads may embarrass the Congress which, at the time,…

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Friends, families mourn lives lost in India bridge disaster

Shock and anger have been supplanted by grief as families and friends mourn the 134 lives lost when a suspension bridge collapsed Sunday in the western Indian city of Morbi

The Independent UK

Indian PM to visit collapsed bridge in Gujarat as rescuers continue search for bodies

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modhi was on Tuesday due to visit a suspension bridge that collapsed into a river in Gujarat state on Sunday sending hundreds of festival-goers into the water, killing at least 135 of them.

Radio France Internationale

India mourns after Gujarat bridge collapse

Officials pledge to take action for bridge collapse that killed 141, but some believe probe is turning into a cover up.

Al Jazeera

Morbi Bridge Tragedy: Supreme Court To Hear Morbi PIL On 14 Nov

A bench headed by Chief Justice UU Lalit said: "We will hear your (Lawyer Vishal Tiwari,) petition on November 14." Read on for details:

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Modi to visit India's bridge collapse site as people mourn

India’s prime minister is scheduled to visit the site in western India where a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into a river

The Independent UK

Gujarat: Morbi Hospital Gets Makeover Ahead Of PM Modi's Visit

Workers were seen cleaning and painting a portion of the 300-bed hospital, which is a ground plus two-storey structure of three wings, ahead of Modi's visit later Tuesday. Read on for details:

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Modi seeks detailed inquiry as India bridge toll rises to 135

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said lessons must be learned as he visited the site of a bridge collapse that killed 135 people and met some of the injured in hospital on Tuesday.

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Morbi Bridge Collapse: Death Toll Rises To 135, Rescue Operations Still On

Indian Coast Guard, Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) along with local administration and other agencies are carrying out search and rescue operations at the spot of the Morbi bridge collapse. Read on for details:

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Gujarat: PM Modi To Visit Morbi Today

At least 132 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 are receiving treatment for their injuries sustained after a cable suspension bridge in Morbi town collapsed on Sunday, plunging people into the Machchhu River. Read on for details:

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When India's Morbi suspension bridge collapsed into the Machchhu river, dozens fell to their deaths. How did this happen?

A day after a pedestrian bridge in the western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, killing more than 140 people, locals are still searching for those missing in the river.

The Times of India

With ‘grief-laden heart’, PM Narendra Modi to visit Morbi today

KEVADIA: PM Narendra Modi said Monday that he was torn between the call of his “grief-laden heart” that wouldn’t leave the side of those touched by tragedy in Morbi the previous evening and the “path of karma and kartavya” that led him to Kevadia in Narmada district for a scheduled…

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9 held as Gujarat footbridge collapse toll rises to 134, search to resume today

MORBI: Bodies piled up overnight in graveyards and crematoriums of this historical Gujarat town, famous for its clocks and ceramics, as the toll in Sunday's suspension footbridge collapse mounted to 134 — including 48 children — amid a continued search for more victims and improbable survivors in the algae-covered Machchhu…

Daily Mirror

Bridge collapse death toll in India rises to 134 as criminal probe launched

Officials fear the death toll could increase even further as hopes fade of any more survivors being found following the tragedy at the 140-year-old Machhu River footbridge in the centre of Morbi town

Al Jazeera

Deadly Gujarat bridge collapse: What do we know so far?

At least 134 people killed, 170 rescued after a bridge collapsed in the western Indian state during Diwali celebrations.

The Times of India

‘Is it act of god or act of fraud?’, Congress trolls PM Modi over Gujarat bridge collapse

NEW DELHI: The Congress has trolled Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the collapse of a hanging bridge in Morbi in election-bound Gujarat even though its leader Rahul Gandhi refused to “politicise” the issue.

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Morbi Bridge Collapse: 9 People Detained, Case Registered With Immediate Effect

Police have registered an FIR on charges of culpable homicide against agencies given the task of maintenance and operation of the bridge in Morbi city which collapsed on Sunday evening. Read on for details:

Reuters

Seven members of same family killed in Indian bridge collapse

Seven members of the Jadeja family were returning from a temple in the Indian town of Morbi on Sunday when the children asked to be taken to a suspension bridge, a local tourist attraction that had reopened after repairs.

The Independent UK

A look at suspension bridge that collapsed in India

The 143-year-old cable suspension bridge that collapsed Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat in one of the country's worst disasters in years was built using the latest technology available in Europe at the time

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