At least 135 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 are receiving treatment for their injuries sustained after a cable suspension bridge in Morbi town collapsed on October 30, plunging people into the Machchhu River.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a ticket to Kantilal Amrutiya, who jumped into the river to save the lives of people in the recent Morbi bridge tragedy, for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections.
The bridge collapse in Morbi has brought shame to the fair name of Gujarat and the most shocking part was that no one from the govt apologized for the tragedy, Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday.
Gujarat High Court, which reopened post-Diwali vacation, on Monday took Suo moto of the Morbi mishap, and issued notices to officials including the Home department, asking to file a report of the incident after seven days. "We expect strict action from the state government," HC ordered.
The Gujarat Assembly elections are all set to take place in two phases on December 1 and 5, the results of which will be declared on December 8, which will coincide with that of the Himachal Pradesh polling outcome.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Morbi district administration received the information that one person was missing in the tragedy but that information has been found to be untrue in the police verification, they added.
An ex-gratia amount will be given to the kins of the deceased in the Morbi tragedy. The families of the dead will also receive Rs 2 lakhs from PMNRF. The injured persons will also receive Rs 50,000.