BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian President Droupadi Murmu over a deadly bridge collapse in Gujarat, Western India, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
The death toll from the foot bridge collapse rose to 135 on Tuesday with search operations entering a third day, although authorities said nearly all those believed to have been missing are now accounted for.
(Reporting by Martin Quin Pollard and the Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens)