- Sunday, March 09, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Mohan Kundariya, a parliamentarian from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is in power in the western Indian state of Gujarat, has said that he lost as many as 12 relatives in the bridge-collapse tragedy in Morbi town of the state on Sunday (30) evening.
The 71-year-old leader, who has served as a minister in prime minister Narendra Modi’s government in the past and represents Rajkot constituency in the Lok Sabha or Lower House of the Indian parliament, said his kin had gone to the spot for a picnic on Sunday when disaster struck.
At least 141 people were killed after the century-old suspension bridge over the Machchhu river collapsed, according to the police. Several people were also injured.
Kundariya, who resides in Morbi, said the 12 ill-fated members of his family included five children, four women, and three men, all of whom were close relatives of his elder brother.
He said strict action will be taken against those who were responsible for the tragedy.
“Four daughters of the brother-in-law of my elder brother, the husbands of three of them and five children were killed in the accident,” Kundariya said.
They belonged to different villages in Tankara taluka and were settled in Morbi, he said.
“As it was Sunday, they had gone to the picnic spot where the tragedy occurred. I reached there half-an-hour after the incident took place and have been at the spot since yesterday, helping in the rescue work,” the MP said.
“So many people have been killed. We will take strict action against those responsible for the incident,” he said.
