Morbi (Gujarat):The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday in its interim orders while hearing a petition related to the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy directed the Oreva group to disburse compensation to be awarded to the victims. The group, which was managing the bridge, has been asked to provide a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs to the kin of each deceased in the bridge collapse. The company has also been ordered to provide a compensation of Rs 2 lakhs each to the injured when the suspension bridge collapsed on October 30 last year.
Jaysukh Patel, the Managing Director of the Oreva company, had submitted to the Court that the company has proposed to award Rs 5 lakhs compensation to the family of the deceased. The High Court told the company that the amount proposed was very less and doubled it. The amount to be paid by the Oreva group will be in addition to Rs 10 lakhs paid by the state government as a solatium.