The death toll in the Mahisagar river bridge collapse in Gujarat’s Vadodara district rose to 17 on Thursday, as rescue teams continued their search for three people still missing.
Taking action over the collapse, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday suspended four engineers of the state's Roads and Buildings Department. Those suspended include Executive Engineer NM Nayakawala, Deputy Executive Engineers UC Patel and RT Patel, and Assistant Engineer JV Shah.
A government statement said the suspensions were based on findings of an expert report ordered by the Chief Minister, who also heads the Roads and Buildings department. The CM has directed officials to carry out immediate inspections of all bridges across the state.
