What led to the bridge collapse in Gujarat's Morbi & challenges facing the rescue teams



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Almost a day after the suspension bridge in Morbi collapsed, rescue operations are still underway. Death count has climbed to140 and there are many challenges facing the rescue teams. ThePrint’s Soniya Agrawal brings you a round up of the situation from the spot.
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38 thoughts on “What led to the bridge collapse in Gujarat's Morbi & challenges facing the rescue teams”

  1. shame on you prime Minister, it happen in Gujarat..corrupted engineering construction .Nobody will take action against construction companies to pay compensation for their lost life of families. Because this is india.

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  2. Suspension bridges have a character of resonance, they resonate when large number of people walk on together at same time, this generates sound waves that cause resonance, this resonance can be deadly, famous Golden Gate Bridge collapse is best example,

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  3. Sad. but the big question…. it is a suspension pedestrian bridge… what were 500 people doing on it at one time… whoever in administration planned/allowed this is at fault.

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  4. All suspended cable predestrian swinging bridges have to be replaced with concrete bridge.
    People on these bridges take photos, enjoy the view of river from all sides, experience wind, swing, socialise etc. Its a nice & pleasurable experience. It leads to overloading of fragile bridge.
    People never listen to warning or adhere to any safety norms.
    Only concrete bridge is solution.

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  5. Why the hell 500 people were allowed on the narrow Cable Bridge, in the first place? In normal circumstances, you will never find so many people on a Cable Bridge. The local Administration is to be directly blamed for giving tickets for ₹ 17 to 100s of people, to enter the Bridge.

    This is the same old story of Apathy and Carelessness (qualities which are very, very common in India)! 9 people have been arrested. Not sure if they belong to the local Admin.

    Every day Accidents happen in Bharat. Fire due to short-circuits! Daily Road accidents! Building collapses! Bridge collapses! With the culture of Chalta-hai mentality, institutionalised Inefficiency & Apathy and low “risk sense” in public, what else can you expect? India is a place where people die like Ants & Cockroaches every day.

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  6. Most famous Gujarat model has been exposed once again but Modi bhakts are still in denial. They are coming up with absurd explanations and blaming local people for the tragedy. Meanwhile Honourable PM is doing political rallies in Gujarat and scoring political points.

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  7. It happened because India has a very discriminatory reservation system. It gives jobs and college seats to particular people of scheduled caste which is why even if other caste students score 90% they don't get a seat but an illiterate 45% scorer gets the job and makes bridges like this.

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  8. On something like a quick-moving incident – could you tell us the time of the report please? Your reporter mentioned Rescue operations. If forces are pulling out dead bodies it is Recovery, not Rescue. In such situations, there is a very standard terminology for the different stages of the operation. You may find those stages on sites like Oxfam.

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  9. When was the periodical maintenance done to the spam bridge need to be enlightened.
    2. Again when was the trial inspection made and what r the results of the earlier cable bridge and then renovated hanging bridge? How many spans were replaced actually and how many old one left unattended deeming future?
    What is the technical excellence of the company undertaken the repairs? Need to be published to the public along with original record of findings to the Commisdion of Inquiry.

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  10. Is it an accident or a man one of them did it and hes a psycho? Call sherlock holmes and let dr watson see the engineers and terminate their license and xyz! How often do you use intuitive look by a clairvoyant channel or remote viewer? The thief may be in the ship!

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