A total of 63 police officers having different ranks from Constable to Additional Director General of Police have been awarded the 'Union Home Minister's Special Operation Medal-2022' on Sardar Patel's birth anniversary.
The death toll has risen to 68 till now in Gujarat's Morbi cable bridge collapse that took place in Gujarat, state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi confirmed on Monday.
"More than 60 people have died. 17 people are admitted to the hospital at the moment. The Chief Minister is coming. The incident took place at around 6.40 pm," the Minister told ANI.
As many as 35 people have lost their lives so far after a cable bridge collapsed on the Machchhu river in Gujarat's Morbi on Sunday, state Minister Brijesh Merja said, who is present at the incident spot.
Taking to Twitter, the Home Minister said he is "deeply saddened" by the accident which took place earlier in the day when the bridge, which was recently reopened for the public after renovation, collapsed as it could not bear the weight of the people standing on it.
There have been certain demands that we have been making from the days of our youth which is Ram Janmabhoomi, (removal of) article 370 and uniform civil code. A committee will be formed for it and based on its report, the way for implementing the UCC in the state will open up.
Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat, the state government decided to move a proposal to constitute a committee to evaluate implementing the Uniform Civil Code in the state.