The search-and-rescue operation resumed in the Mahisagar river on Friday, 11 July, morning on the third day, as two persons are still missing following the Gambhira bridge tragedy in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, officials said.
Several vehicles plunged into the river after a segment of the four-decade-old bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara districts, collapsed near Gambhira village close to Padra town on Wednesday morning.
The operation resumed on the third day of the Gambhira bridge tragedy, with 18 bodies recovered by Thursday night. Efforts are still underway to trace two more persons, who are missing, Vadodara Collector Anil Dhameliya said.
“The primary objective of our operation today is to recover a body trapped under a slab in the river, and the missing driver of a truck stuck in the water,” he told mediapersons.
A list of eight missing persons was compiled on Thursday, and the bodies of six of them were recovered, he said.
The operation is being carried out by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and other agencies, with locals joining the efforts.
