Morbi municipality chief officer suspended, days after bridge collapse killed 135 people
Days after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Morbi district killing 135 people, the Chief officer (CO) of Morbi municipality Sandeepsinh Zala, who had admitted that the bridge was reopened without a fitness certificate, was suspended on Friday, district collector GT Pandya told The Indian Express.
Rajkot regional commissioner of municipalities DB Vyas, however, said that his office is yet to receive an official communication in this regard.
The probe into the collapse on October 30 had reached the doorsteps of the Morbi municipality on November 2 as Zala was questioned by the police for several hours even as investigators said that the private contractors engaged by Oreva Group did not conduct any “scientific assessment of structural stability” of the bridge during its repair and renovation.
