Morbi bridge case: Why contract given without floating tender, asks Guj HC
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday heard a suo motu PIL on Morbi bridge tragedy and asked the state government as to how no expression of interest was tendered, and how the “largesse of the state” was given to an individual without floating a tender.
The collapse of the British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi district on October 30 claimed 135 lives including women and children
Hearing the suo motu PIL, the high court wanted to know from the state government as to whether a 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and 2022 agreement with the Ajanta Manufacturing Private Ltd (Oreva Group) imposed any conditions regarding fitness certification and if so, who was the
