The search operation to trace one man still missing in the bridge collapse incident, in which 20 people have lost their lives, continued in the Mahisagar River in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Sunday,

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has approved ₹212 crore for the construction of a new two-lane high-level bridge over the Mahi River near Mujpur in Padra taluka. File. Photo: X/@Bhupendrapbjp

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel also directed an inquiry by the Roads and Buildings Department, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the loss of lives “deeply saddening”.