New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Morbi in Gujarat today after the cable suspension bridge claimed the lives of at least 132 people, informed the state Chief Minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
At least 132 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 are receiving treatment for their injuries sustained after a cable suspension bridge in Morbi town collapsed on Sunday, plunging people into the Machchhu River. Prime Minister Modi, in Kevadia, said that rescue operations were underway and there would be no laxity in rescue and relief efforts.
\n\u201cThe Gujarat Government has been carrying out relief and rescue operations since Sunday evening. Centre too is extending all help to the State Government,\u201d PM Modi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe State Government has constituted a committee to investigate this incident. I assure the people of the country that there will be no laxity in rescue and relief operations,\u201d PM Modi said.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister said this while addressing a gathering on the occasion of the 147th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Ekta Nagar in Kevadia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI express my condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident. In this hour of grief, the government is with the bereaved families in every manner. The Gujarat Government has been carrying out relief and rescue operations since the incident. Centre too is extending all help to the State Government,\u201d PM Modi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am in Ekta Nagar but my mind is with the victims of Morbi. Rarely in my life, would I have experienced such pain. On one hand, there is a pain-riddled heart and on the other hand, there is the path to duty,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said that Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel had reached Morbi and has been holding the command of search and rescue operations since Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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