<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Divers searched for more bodies on&nbsp; Tuesday after the collapse of a recently renovated suspension bridge killed&nbsp; 134 people in western India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi preparing to&nbsp; visit the disaster site.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Questions also grew about the possible cause of the catastrophe at Morbi, in&nbsp; Modi's home state of Gujarat, on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Nine people have been arrested on homicide charges over the collapse of the&nbsp; 150-year-old structure.</div><div><br></div><div>The pedestrian bridge was packed with people celebrating the final day of the&nbsp; Diwali holidays. Forty-seven children were among those killed, with a&nbsp; previous overall toll of 137 revised downwards.</div><div><br></div><div>Horrific CCTV footage showed the rickety structure, a popular tourist spot,&nbsp; packed with people and then suddenly giving way as cables snapped.</div><div><br></div><div>Several hundred fell into the river, while others clung desperately to the&nbsp; twisted remains of the bridge screaming in the dark for help.</div><div><br></div><div>"I heard screams and a loud thud and then there was silence. Then slowly&nbsp; cries and screams," survivor Madhvi Ben, 30, told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Ben said one of her legs was tangled in "a steel rope", leaving her almost&nbsp; entirely submerged and struggling to break free.</div><div><br></div><div>"I somehow blocked my nose and pulled myself up and released my leg from the&nbsp; wire. I grabbed another wire and climbed the remains of the bridge," she&nbsp; said.</div><div><br></div><div>Morbi businessman Rafiq Gaffar, whose two nephews aged 12 and 21 died,&nbsp; described the scene as "mayhem".</div><div><br></div><div>"People were crying and wailing. It was a scene from doomsday," Gaffar, 45,&nbsp; said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"There were bodies floating on the water everywhere and people trapped on the&nbsp; bridge who were frantically calling for help."</div><div><br></div><div>'Apprehension'&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>There were no further reports of missing people on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Rescuers in inflatable boats drove in circles in an attempt to bring up any&nbsp; objects from the bottom of the river.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>"We have not called off the search operation yet as there is always this&nbsp; apprehension there could be victims from outside whose kin are not aware of&nbsp; their whereabouts and haven't contacted us yet," said Rahul Tripathi of the&nbsp; Morbi police force.</div><div><br></div><div>Workers also picked up plastic rubbish from the river banks and were&nbsp; reportedly painting a hospital that Modi was due to visit.</div><div><br></div><div>The bridge renovations were reportedly carried out by local firm Oreva, whose&nbsp; experience was limited to clocks, e-bikes and other products.</div><div><br></div><div>The company could not be reached immediately for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>Jaysukh Patel, chairman of Ajanta Manufacturing, part of Oreva, had cut a&nbsp; ribbon to reopen the bridge on October 26 and said then the span would last&nbsp; 15 more years.</div><div><br></div><div>But Sandeepsinh Jhala, Morbi municipality's chief officer, said on Monday the&nbsp; bridge had not been issued a safety certificate.</div><div><br></div><div>Police arrested nine people on charges of culpable homicide on Monday, just&nbsp; as authorities announced an inquiry.</div><div><br></div><div>They included two Oreva managers, two sub-contractors and two ticket&nbsp; collectors accused of selling too many passes, which caused the bridge to be&nbsp; overloaded.</div><div><br></div><div>Three security guards were also arrested for failing to manage the crowd at&nbsp; the bridge, senior police official Ashok Yadav told reporters on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>"As and when the investigation progresses, names of others associated with&nbsp; the Oreva Group will also be booked," Yadav said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said a team had been formed to investigate aspects of the maintenance and&nbsp; structural safety of the bridge.</div><div><br></div><div>Textile trader Puneet Pitroda, 35, told AFP at Morbi's crematorium on Monday&nbsp; that the bodies of his brother and sister-in-law had been recovered from the&nbsp; river.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>"The authorities are fully responsible for the tragedy. They allowed hundreds&nbsp; to gather on the bridge when it had a capacity to hold just a small number,"&nbsp; he said.</div><div><br></div><div>"We will never forget this night." - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>