As per information, the 206-metre-long bridge had developed cracks a few days back. The front part of the bridge between pillar no 2 and pillar no 3 collapsed.
The state government, in its affidavit, said a total compensation of Rs 10 lakh will be paid to the kin of each of the deceased and a grant of Rs 1 lakh each will be paid to the injured in the bridge collapse incident.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kantilal Amrutia, who reportedly saved several lives when a bridge collapsed in Morbi in October, is leading from the seat in the votes count for the Gujarat Assembly polls.
A 48-year-old woman succumbed to injuries sustained after a portion of the foot-over bridge collapsed at Balharshah Junction railway station in Chandrapur.
Indian Railways on Sunday announced ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh to those who were grievously injured after a portion of the foot-over bridge collapsed at Balharshah Junction railway station in Chandrapur.
According to the railway officials, a part of the pre-cast slab of the foot over-bridge (FOB) at Balharshah, Nagpur division fell down today at around 5.10 pm.
The safety audit was conducted by the Public Works Department (PWD) on CM's directives issued on November 3, in the wake of the Morbi suspension bridge collapse.
At least 135 people were killed and over 100 were injured in the collapse of the cable suspension bridge in Morbi town of Gujarat
But people are of the opinion that they have been witnessing development under the BJP for a number of years and one should not judge the performance of the party based on a single tragic incident.
Kantilal Amrutiya, the BJP candidate from the Morbi constituency, who jumped into the river to save the lives of people in the recent Morbi bridge tragedy recalled his early days working with PM Modi as RSS worker for saving people's lives, as he affirmed confidence in Bharatiya Janata Party
State BJP president CR Paatil on Thursday said as in every other election, the party will conduct a door-to-door campaign and try to reach out to the people ahead of the assembly elections in Gujarat