New Delhi.Oct.31: While rescue and search operation continues after a century-old suspension bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Morbi town on Sunday killing several people, it has now emerged that 12 members of Rajkot BJP MP’s family are among those who died in the tragic incident. As per reports, as many as twelve family members of Rajkot BJP MP Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya lost their lives in the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat on Sunday evening.

Kundariya was quoted as saying by a leading news website, “I have lost 12 members of my family, including five children, in the mishap. I lost family members who were from my sister’s family.”
“It is very saddening. Machinery are present at the spot to pump out the water so that we can figure out the bodies underneath, as there’s a lot of silt. I believe the bridge got overloaded and that led to the incident. Many teams engaged in rescue,” Kundariya told Media.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the Morbi hanging bridge collapse incident increased to 132, Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Monday.

Gujarat government on Monday announced that a high-powered committee has been set up to investigate the incident of the collapse of the suspension bridge in Morbi district of Gujarat.
Briefing mediapersons here, Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi said, “The death toll in the Morbi hanging bridge collapse incident has gone up to 132. The Chief Minister has constituted a high power committee yesterday itself while leaving Ahmedabad. All officers, posted at different locations, were asked to report at Morbi by 2 am. The investigation is going on.”
The Gujarat Home Minister further informed that a criminal case has been registered in connection with the incident.
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