Gujarat: After Morbi disaster, visitor limit set for Atal Bridge

AHMEDABAD: Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Atal goot overbridge over the Sabarmati to the public, the civic body spelled out 13 rules for the public, including entry charges.
They included timings, prohibition of music, singing and dancing on the bridge and barred pets. What the rules did not include was the number of people allowed on the bridge at a time.
On Monday, a day after the Morbi bridge disaster, the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) through a statement notified a limit on visitors at the bridge, saying 3,000 visitors per hour will be allowed to use the bridge. The statement says the bridge's load bearing capacity is 12,000 people at a time.
However, as an additional safety measure, it has been limited to 3,000 people an hour. The rainbow-coloured bridge over the Sabarmati has been built at an estimated cost of Rs 74 crore and was opened to the public in August.