Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, introduced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for the households of every of those that died in a bridge collapse in Gujarat’s Morbi metropolis.
Modi additionally spoke with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and different officers concerning the incident. He sought pressing mobilisation of groups for rescue operations, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace.
At the least 32 individuals died after a suspension bridge, almost a century previous, on the Machchhu river in Morbi collapsed this night. A number of individuals standing on the bridge fell into the river, native officers mentioned.
“PM Narendra Modi has introduced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from PMNRF (Prime Minister’s Nationwide Aid Fund) for the following of kin of every of those that misplaced their lives within the mishap in Morbi. The injured could be given ₹50,000,” the PMO mentioned in a sequence of tweets.
“PM @narendramodi spoke to Gujarat CM @Bhupendrapbjp and different officers concerning the mishap in Morbi. He has sought pressing mobilisation of groups for rescue ops,” it mentioned.
The Prime Minister has requested that the scenario be intently and constantly monitored, and all doable assist be prolonged to these affected, it added.
The bridge, which was not too long ago reopened for the general public after renovation, collapsed because it couldn’t bear the load of the individuals standing on it, the officers mentioned.