VADODARA, July 9: Eleven persons, including two siblings, were killed and nine others rescued as several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Wednesday morning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel expressed grief over the tragedy and announced ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh and Rs 4 lakh, respectively, to the next of kin of each deceased, and Rs 50,000 as compensation to the injured.
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