{
 "no": 24,
 "id": "case-24",
 "sk": 20221030,
 "year": 2022,
 "date": "30 Oct 2022",
 "cat": "Public safety",
 "sev": "red",
 "title": "Morbi bridge collapse. 135+ dead, no political head rolled",
 "stamp": "Only the contractor charged",
 "human": {
  "v": "<b>135 to 141</b> killed, including <b>47</b> children; 50+ injured",
  "est": true
 },
 "cost": {
  "v": "A <b>₹2 cr</b> maintenance contract on which barely <b>₹12 lakh</b> was reportedly spent before reopening",
  "est": true
 },
 "what": "A colonial-era suspension bridge, reopened after repairs with no fitness certificate and no load test, snapped over the Machchhu river days later and dropped a festival crowd into the water.",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "sk": 20221026,
   "on": "Oct 2022",
   "kind": "promise",
   "what": "A colonial-era suspension bridge is reopened after repairs, with no fitness certificate and no load test."
  },
  {
   "sk": 20221030,
   "on": "30 Oct 2022",
   "kind": "incident",
   "what": "The bridge snaps over the Machchhu river days later and drops a festival crowd into the water. More than 135 people are killed."
  },
  {
   "sk": 20221101,
   "on": "Oct to Nov 2022",
   "kind": "action",
   "what": "The private operator's managing director is arrested and a municipal official is suspended."
  },
  {
   "sk": 20230101,
   "on": "2023",
   "kind": "action",
   "what": "An SIT holds the private operator and municipal officials responsible."
  },
  {
   "sk": 20230601,
   "on": "2023 onward",
   "kind": "silence",
   "what": "Not one minister in the state government that oversaw the civic body resigns or is held to account. Victims are still fighting for compensation years later."
  }
 ],
 "dodge": "An SIT held the private operator and municipal officials responsible; the operator's MD was arrested and an official suspended. But not one BJP minister in the state government that oversaw the civic body resigned or was held to account, and victims were still fighting for compensation years later.",
 "ministers": [
  {
   "n": "Gujarat state government (BJP)",
   "r": "Municipal oversight; no resignation"
  }
 ],
 "pos": "The state pointed to the operator's negligence and to the SIT and court process.",
 "alt": "Political accountability alongside criminal, a clear chain of responsibility from contractor to civic body to minister, and fast, guaranteed compensation.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "SIT holds Oreva responsible",
   "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/gujarat/morbi-bridge-collapse-sit-report-holds-oreva-group-md-managers-fully-responsible-for-tragedy-2023-10-10-897190",
   "tier": 3,
   "archiveUrl": "http://web.archive.org/web/20251213103832/https://www.indiatvnews.com/gujarat/morbi-bridge-collapse-sit-report-holds-oreva-group-md-managers-fully-responsible-for-tragedy-2023-10-10-897190"
  },
  {
   "label": "2 years on, no compensation",
   "url": "https://thefederal.com/category/states/west/gujarat/morbi-tragedy-2-years-later-no-closure-no-compensation-for-victims-159325",
   "tier": 2,
   "archiveUrl": "http://web.archive.org/web/20251102190949/https://thefederal.com/category/states/west/gujarat/morbi-tragedy-2-years-later-no-closure-no-compensation-for-victims-159325"
  }
 ],
 "estimates": {
  "costInrCrore": 2,
  "deaths": 141
 },
 "caseUrl": "https://whoisresponsible.xyz/case/case-24/"
}