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Here are two tales, both driven by the hand of fate, from Gujarat's Morbi, a city which witnessed one of India's most tragic bridge collapse incidents where over 140 people had untimely deaths.
Most are here for memory’s sake. “This was a jewel in Morbi’s crown and our town’s biggest identity. While driving to work today, I felt a void when I couldn’t spot the Julto Pul from ...
The bridge was a century-old pul and one of the major tourist attractions in Morbi, it is beyond one’s comprehension, why no crowd management was there, that is too on holiday- Sunday.
But many others weren't so lucky. A senior police official in Morbi town told me that 56 children had died, including 40 who were below 12. Additionally, 32 women were killed.
Morbi bridge collapse | Generations wiped out in disaster Many had visited the heritage, suspension bridge, popularly known as the Jhulto pul, to spend the final day of the Deepavali holiday.
Morbi bridge collapse: The managing director of Ajanta Manufacturing Private Limited (AMPL) of OREVA Group, Jaysukh Patel, surrendered before the court on Tuesday. Later, he was sent to judicial ...
On Sunday evening, Chirag Mucchadiya, 20, and his brothers, Dharmik, 17, and Chetan, 15 went on an outing. They told their mother Kantaben they were going to "julto pul", or hanging bridge - a ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the town of Morbi in his home state of Gujarat to see for himself the scene of Sunday's bridge collapse, which left 135 people dead. The 140-year ...
Oreva Group, that was responsible for the repairing and maintenance work of the Morbi suspension bridge, also known as the ‘Jhoolta Pul’, is under the scanner. The bridge had reopened for the ...
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The cable-suspended swinging bridge over the Morbi river, commonly called Jhoolto Pul, had been renovated recently. Yet, the cables could not take the load of perhaps too many people, and snapped.
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