Morbi bridge collapse: The Oreva Group, the company that maintained the Morbi suspension bridge, has also been ordered to pay Rs 2 lakh to each injured.
Clock manufacturing firm Oreva was responsible for maintaining the British-era suspension bridge which collapsed over the Machchhu river on October 30 last year.
The Gujarat High Court directed clock manufacturing firm Oreva Group, the company that maintained the Morbi suspension bridge to pay Rs 10 lakh as "interim" compensation to the family of each victim.
Clock manufacturing firm Oreva Group made an offer before the Gujarat High Court to pay an 'interim' compensation totalling Rs 5 crore to the family of those who lost their lives and people left injured in a bridge collapse in Gujarat's Morbi.