According to the Gujarat government, the district accounts for nearly 90 per cent of the country’s ceramic production and also produces 75 per cent of the country’s wall-clocks. It exports ceramics to 180 countries.
The compensation given to families from the Gujarat government and the Centre combined amounted to Rs 10 lakh for every family member who died in the incident.
The Gujarat government has suspended Morbi Municipality's Chief Officer Sandipsinh Zala in the wake of the bridge collapse incident that claimed 135 lives, a senior official said today.