Morbi bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 135, rescue operations still on

With one more injured succumbing at the District hospital on Tuesday morning the death toll stands at 135 said the Morbi District CollectorIndian 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 collapseWith one more injured succumbing at the District hospital a while ago the death toll stands at 135 A total of 14 persons are still hospitalized One person is still reported to be missing and a search is on for him told Morbi District CollectorCommandant Prasanna Kumar NDRF rescue incharge said We have been continuing our search and rescue operations since yesterday We have resumed today morning and continuing We have not been informed about any official number of persons missing but it is suspected that three or four persons may be there in the river bed Though we have not recovered anybody or a missing person today but we will continue the operationMeanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Morbi in Gujarat todayAlso read Nine arrested in Morbi bridge collapse tragedyEarlier on October 31 nine persons including officials of Oreva the company that renovated the bridge ticket sellers and security men were arrested for the Morbi bridge collapse in GujaratWe arrested nine people after filing FIR under various sections of IPC The arrested includes the managers of Oreva company and ticket clerks said Ashok Yadav IG Rajkot rangeAs and when we get evidence police will nab the accused further We have also formed a Special Investigation team pertaining to the incident he addedOn Sunday the suspension bridge above the Machchhu River in the Morbi district Visuals showed people falling into the river belowGujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi said that a criminal case has been registered in connection with the incidentA First Information Report FIR has been filed by the Gujarat Police in the bridge collapse incident in Gujarats Morbi district against private agencies for the attempt to commit culpable homicide and culpable homicide not amounting to murderThe Gujarat Police has filed a First Information Report under IPC sections 304 and 308 culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the bridge collapse tragedyThe Gujarat government has constituted a fivemember committee headed to probe the bridge collapse incidentThe police also informed that the management person agency did not take due care and quality check of the bridge and kept it open for the people on October 26 displaying severe carelessnessAs per reports the bridge was closed for about 8 months for maintenance and the repair work was being completed by a private agencyStatewide mourning in Gujarat will take place on November 2 for the people who died in the Morbi tragedyThe decision was taken at a highlevel meeting held at Gandhinagar Raj Bhavan chaired by Prime Minister Narendra ModiThe national flag will be flown at halfmast on government buildings in the state on November 2 and no government public functions receptions or entertainment programs will be heldThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever