<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The death toll from India's Gujarat cable bridge collapse rose to 141 this morning, media reports said.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 177 people were also rescued so far as the salvage teams are searching for missing others in the bridge collapse.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The nearly half a century old suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Gujarat's Morbi city, 200 KM away from the state capital Ahmedabad, collapsed at about 6.30 pm on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Media reports said that around 500 people, including women and children, were on the bridge when the cables supporting it snapped, sending people crashing into the river.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many were performing Chhath puja rituals on the bridge, which was shut for seven months for repair. It was opened for the public on October 26, the Gujarat New Year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A five-member high-powered committee has been formed to probe into the bridge collapse incident.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A criminal case has been registered to this end, Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi told media today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Five teams of National Disaster Response Force or NDRF worked through the night to find the missing. The Army, Navy and Air Force also joined the operation later.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The state government has announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the family members of each of those who died in the accident and 50,000 Rs for the injured.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Prime Minister also announced a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the victims, reports said. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>