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BBC News: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A rescue operation – begun after a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat – has been scaled down as hopes fade of more survivors being found.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials say 141 people – most of them women, children or elderly – died after the bridge collapsed on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 140-year-old structure in Morbi town reopened a week ago after repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was overcrowding on the bridge – a major local tourist attraction – at the time it collapsed, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police are questioning eight people in connection with the incident, a police official confirmed to BBC Gujarati. Those being questioned included security personnel and ticket sellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official refused to confirm whether employees from Oreva Group, the firm which was in charge of maintaining the bridge, are also being questioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions have been raised over why Oreva Group, a company which once described itself as the “world’s largest clock manufacturing company” – before it also began making lighting products, battery-operated bikes, home appliances and TV sets – was given responsibility for maintaining a bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerns have also been raised about whether safety checks were carried out before the bridge was reopened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 230m (754ft) bridge on the Machchhu river was built in 1880, during British rule in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n