The VMC School Board members, which met Mayor Pinki Soni on Saturday, to seek an "alternate arrangement" for 10,000 affected students of 22 schools, have alleged that the civic body Ward offices "failed to repair" structures despite repeated requests from principals and headmasters.
Paresh Shah, the promoter of the firm, is among the five people booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, attempt to culpable homicide, and negligence.
Even before the Jhulto Pul in Morbi crashed last year, Gujarat had seen some mishaps. In the last few months, however, construction or design faults linked to at least eight bridges some of them new or yet to be inaugurated were reported. Signaling the use of poor quality material and possible corruption, the incidents have dented the development model.