Prominent world leaders on Monday extended heartfelt condolences to India on the loss of precious lives in the tragic incident of the bridge collapse in Morbi, Gujarat.
An FIR has been registered against the maintenance and management agencies of the Morbi Bridge, under Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), and 114 (abettor present when offense is committed) of the India Penal Code.
Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Monday said that the injured people after the Morbi cable bridge collapse are being treated at the hospitals and many have been sent home after treatment.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Zbigniew Rau condemned the incident of the Gujarat Morbi bridge collapse and expressed his sincere condolences, saying the city has a special place in Polish-Indian relations.
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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a three-day tour to Gujarat and Rajasthan has decided to cancel his roadshow to be held in Ahmedabad on Monday in the wake of the Morbi cable bridge collapse incident in which over 60 people lost their lives.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel met with the injured patients admitted to Morbi Civil Hospital after they were injured in the collapse of the cable bridge.
"Deeply saddened by the tragedy that has struck us with the collapse of the suspension bridge in Morbi, Gujarat. I appeal to the @INCGujarat workers to extend every possible assistance in rescue work & helping the wounded. My condolences & prayers are with the bereaved families,"
Lahore [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): A Baloch rights group has rejected an inquiry committee set up by the Punjab government on the matter concerning the corpses found at a Multan hospital and appealed to Pakistan's apex court to take notice of this tragedy and fulfil the demand of justice.
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Delhi police on a plea of P P Batra challenging his conviction in tampering with evidence in a case connected with the Uphaar Fire Tragedy of 1997.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 17 (ANI): Bangladesh's Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that the Chinese Company, working on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line-3 project, would not get any more projects in Dhaka, after finding Beijing's firm responsible for an accident at th
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 16 (ANI): Sohail Abro, Chairman of Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM), a Sindhi nationalist party, has termed the recovery of dead bodies from Multan's Nishtar Hospital roof in Pakistan's Punjab province as a "great tragedy in human history."