The death toll in the Gujarat Bridge Collapse has risen to 132.

Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi said on Monday that the death toll in the Morbi hanging bridge collapseincident hasincident has incident has increased to 132. Sanghvi said, “An investigation has begun today under the leadership of Range IGP.” The Minister further informed us that a criminal case has been registered in connection with the incident. […]

by Apoorva Choudhary - October 31, 2022, 12:53 pm

Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi said on Monday that the death toll in the Morbi hanging bridge collapseincident hasincident has incident has increased to 132.

Sanghvi said, “An investigation has begun today under the leadership of Range IGP.” The Minister further informed us that a criminal case has been registered in connection with the incident. Sanghvi stated that everyone worked all through the night. The Navy, NDRF, Air Force, and Army arrived at the spot quickly. More than 200 peoplepeoplepeople have worked the entire night for search and rescue operations.


As per officials, teams including the Army, Navy, Air Force, NDRF, and Fire Brigade conducted a search operation throughout the night to find the Garkaw victimsin thein the in the Macchu RiverRiverRiver after the bridge collapsed.
After the incident, Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, Minister of State for Home Affairs Harshbhai Sanghvi, Minister Brijeshbhai Merja, and Minister of State Shri Arvindbhai Raiyani reached the incident spot at midnight and personally observed the rescue operation and gave directions.


According to information provided by the district government, the system was instantly triggered following the accident, and rescue efforts were initiated with the assistance of residents.In addition to this, teams from other locations started showing up at the location. The injured were given emergency care at the Morbi Civil Hospital by about 40 medical professionals from several clinics, Rajkot PDU Hospital, and Surendranagar CivilHospital. Hospital.  Hospital. 
Following the bridge collapse, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation boat arrived in Morbi with emergency supplies, including life jackets, and the rescue effort was initiated. Following the bridge collapse, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation boat arrived in Morbi with emergency supplies, including life jackets, and the rescue effort was initiated.
Throughout the night, emergency ambulances from the municipalities of Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh Metropolitan Municipality, and Morbi Municipality operated to transport the injured as soon as possible to the hospital. The rescue effort also included a number of private ambulances.The army team from Surendranagar joined with its three ambulances , the officials informed.