The colonial-era suspension bridge had been built in 1877 was under renovation before it was reopened on ... of the bridge to scale with an adult. Morbi’s state-run Civil Hospital was having ...

Hundreds of people in India were standing on an old, narrow British-era suspension bridge ... Morbi via helicopter to take stock of the situation. The tragedy occured just months before important ...

Scores of people were plunged into the water in the dark Senior journalist and long-time Morbi resident Pravin Vyas, who lives close to the bridge, says he had never seen it so crowded before.

Within seconds, their laughter was quickly replaced by horrified screams as they plunged to their deaths. The disaster marks one of the deadliest accidents in India in the past 10 years, with at ...

It was reopened last week after months of renovation. * Sandeepsinh Zala, chief officer of Morbi municipality ... others tried to rock the bridge from side to side, before they tumbled into ...

"If people act responsibly without damaging the property, this renovation can sustain ... whether people were doing that on the bridge in Morbi before it collapsed. Around the world, suspension ...