Corroded wires, welded suspenders behind Morbi bridge tragedy: SIT report

Corroded wires, welded suspenders behind Morbi bridge tragedy: SIT report

[ad_1] Morbi: The Gujarat government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found in its preliminary probe that corrosion on nearly half of the wires on a cable and welding of old suspenders with new ones were some of the major faults that led to the collapse of the suspension bridge in Morbi last year in which … Read more

Morbi Bridge tragedy: Civic body, councillors claim innocence

Morbi Bridge tragedy: Civic body, councillors claim innocence

[ad_1] Morbi: The Morbi municipality on Wednesday passed a resolution saying the civic body never gave its approval to hand over a suspension bridge in the town to Oreva Group, a day after the Gujarat government sought a fresh reply to a show-cause notice over the bridge collapse that killed 135 people. In the general … Read more

Morbi tragedy: Director of Oreva that renovated Gujurat bridge named prime accused

Morbi tragedy: Director of Oreva that renovated Gujurat bridge named prime accused

[ad_1] Morbi bridge collapse Morbi: The Gujarat police on Friday submitted a 1,262-page charge sheet in the Morbi bridge collapse case and named Oreva Group director Jaysukh Patel as prime accused. Rajkot range Inspector General of Police Ashok Yadav told media that the charge sheet is filed against 10 accused, of which nine are arrested … Read more