The family has received ex gratia from the state and Central governments as well as from Oreva Group’s Ajanta Manufacturing Private Limited (AMPL), the firm that had the contract of operating and maintaining the bridge.
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.
A British-era bridge in Gujarat's Morbi has collapsed just a week after renovation, killing at least 91 people. Search is on for over 100 others, who have fallen into the river. The government accepts responsibility for the tragedy, a minister said.