PM Modi to go to Morbi as we speak; chairs high-level assembly on Morbi bridge collapse

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Gujarat’s Morbi the place a suspension bridge over the Machchhu river collapsed on Sunday night, resulting in the dying of 141 folks. In response to the Gujarat Chief Minister Workplace, PM Modi will go to the positioning of the tragedy on Tuesday afternoon. 

PM Modi is already on a go to to Gujarat. On Monday, the PM participated within the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations, and paid homage to Sardar Patel on the Statue of Unity at Kevadia. Through the emotional speech on the occasion, the PM stated, “I’m in Kevadia, however my coronary heart goes out to those that died within the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy.”

He stated that troupes from throughout the nation had come to Kevadia to carry out conventional dances however the programme was cancelled within the wake of the Morbi bridge tragedy.

The Prime Minister additionally chaired a gathering on Monday evening, and requested authorities to increase all doable assist to these affected by the tragedy. The assembly occurred on the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar, and PM Modi was briefed on the aid and rescue operations on the accident web site.  He emphasised that these affected by the catastrophe should get all doable help. 

The assembly was additionally attended by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Minister of State for Residence Harsh Sanghavi, Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar and Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia together with different prime officers.

In the meantime, 9 folks have been arrested in reference to the Morbi bridge collapse. 4 of the arrested people have been from the Oreva group that was accountable for the administration of the Morbi suspension bridge. The police have filed a case in opposition to the ‘companies’ accountable for the repairing and upkeep of the Morbi bridge. 

Rajkot Vary IG Ashok Yadav advised the media, “9 folks have been arrested within the Morbi bridge collapse case. They embody two managers and two ticket reserving clerks of Oreva group that was managing the bridge.”

A video that confirmed the precise second the bridge collapsed, captured within the CCTV, went viral on social media. The video confirmed the bridge with a lot of folks, who subsequently fell into the river because the bridge snapped. The Morbi bridge had reopened 5 days earlier than the incident occurred, after it was shut for eight months because of restore work. 

Groups of Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive, State Catastrophe Response Drive, Indian Air Drive, Military and Navy together with native personnel carried out rescue operations after the incident. 

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