Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Morbi in Gujarat on November 1, the state chief minister’s office announced on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, while addressing an event in Kevadiya in Gujarat got teary-eyed as he spoke about the Morbi bridge collapse which killed over 132 people.
PM in his address paused while talking about the incident and then continued in his broken voice saying that he has never experienced such pain in his life.
PM Modi who is in Kevadiya, Gujarat, said, “I 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,” adding, “I express my condolences to families of those who lost their lives in the accident. In this hour of grief, Govt is with the bereaved families in every manner. Gujarat Govt is carrying out relief & rescue ops since yesterday. Centre too is extending all help to the state government.”PM Modi said.
#WATCH | PM Modi gets emotional as he talks about #MorbiBridgeCollapse tragedy, in Gujarat's Banaskantha pic.twitter.com/0pmVmGmC0f
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PM Modi further said, “Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel reached Morbi last night. He has been holding the command of search & rescue ops since yesterday. State Govt 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.”
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Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Morbi in Gujarat on November 1, the state chief minister’s office announced on Monday.
The Gujarat Police has filed a First Information Report under IPC sections 304 and 308 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) in the bridge collapse tragedy.
The Gujarat government has constituted a five-member committee headed to probe the bridge collapse incident.
“An FIR has been registered against the maintenance and management agencies of the bridge, under Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), and 114 (abettor present when offense is committed) of the India Penal Code,” said Morbi B Division Police Inspector, Prakashbhai Dekavadiya.
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