India's Gujarat state calls off search after fatal bridge collapse

By Sumit Khanna and Shivam Patel

MORBI – India’s Gujarat state on Thursday mentioned that the search operation following the collapse of a bridge that led to the demise of 135 individuals had been referred to as off.

Native hearth brigade, state and nationwide catastrophe groups can be saved on standby, a authorities assertion mentioned.

The colonial-era suspension footbridge in Morbi city, over the Machchhu river, was filled with sightseers across the Diwali and Chhath Puja festivals when it gave manner on Sunday night, sending individuals plunging about 10 metres (33 toes) into the water.

“One individual was reportedly lacking because the incident, however we now have a police report that claims no such individual is lacking. All individuals have been accounted for. And therefore the choice to name off the search operation,” GT Pandya, senior administrative official in Morbi informed Reuters.

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