According to CCTV News, on October 30, local time, according to the local special investigation team, the collapse of the Morbi cable bridge in Gujarat, India has caused at least 91 deaths. According to CCTV News previously reported that when the collapsed, there were about 500 people on the bridge.
According to Xinhua News Agency , Indian newspaper trust cited local officials and reported that the accident occurred at around 6:30 pm local time. According to witnesses at the scene, the bridge deck suddenly broke in the middle at the time of the incident, and many people fell into the river, including many women and children. reported that the cable bridge is located on the Mercure River in the Moby area and has been around for about a hundred years. It has recently been repaired and reopened to the public on the 26th of this month. The cause of the accident may be that the bridge deck load exceeds the bridge's load-bearing capacity.
Previously, according to the Global Times on October 30, according to the report of the Times of India and the Hindu newspaper, on the evening of October 30, local time, a suspension bridge in Morbi County, Gujarat, India, which had a history of 140 years, but the suspension bridge that had just been renovated on October 26 this year suddenly collapsed and fell into the river, causing hundreds of casualties and injuries. Rescue is still in progress.
Among them, according to the report of the Hindu newspaper, The local government said that there may be thousands of people on the bridge before the incident, and more than 350 people fell into the Machu River spanned by the suspension bridge. At least 40 people have died. The Times of India said that local media reported that there were 300-400 people on the bridge at the time of the incident, but local officials said there were at least 100 people on the bridge, of which about 40 have been rescued, and 60 people may have drowned.
live video screenshot of the incident Photo source: "India Today"
live video screenshot of the incident Photo source: Indian media
In addition, after the accident, Indian Prime Minister Modi 's office posted on Twitter saying that Modi has asked for close and continuous monitoring of the situation and provided all possible help to the affected people. At the same time, the Indian Prime Minister's Office said that will provide a pension of 2 million rupees (about 17,600 yuan) to each person who died in the accident, and the injured will receive 50,000 rupees.
According to the Times of India, the collapsed suspension bridge had undergone 6 months of maintenance before reopening on October 26, spending 20 million rupees (about 1.76 million yuan)
Source: CCTV News, Global Times, Xinhua News Agency, Daily Economic News
