-bridge on the Machchhu river was built in 1880, during British rule in India.In travel brochures, a visit to the Julto Pul (or the Hanging Bridge) is listed among "the top 10 things to do in Morbi" and it attracts a large number of tourists and local people on holidays and at festivals.Officials have not yet said how many people were on the bridge when tragedy struck at around 18:40 (13:10 GMT) on Sunday, but estimates put it between 400 and 500.More than 177 people have been rescued, officials said. The death toll is expected to rise further.Image caption, Rescuers searched for survivors at nightOn Monday morning, a dozen boats with members of the national and state disaster response teams were continuing to search for survivors while divers from the Indian navy were on standby, reports the BBC Gujarati's Roxy Gagdekar who is at the scene.Four cranes have been deployed to pull out the wreckage and rescuers are looking for bodies trapped underneath.Distressed relatives are looking for their loved ones and as the hours pass, their desperation is growing, our correspondent says.A young man told the BBC that he was searching for his six-year-old sister since last night."I was holding her hand when the bridge collapsed and we fell into the river. I survived and have been looking for her everywhere, I went to the government hospital also, but my sister is nowhere to be found," he said, sobbing.A video shot before the collapse showed the overcrowded bridge swaying while people gripped the netting){kind=link}
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Watch: People climb up collapsed Gujarat bridge to escape river
Hundreds of rescuers in boats continue to scour a river after a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat.
Officials say 141 people have died, most of them women, children or elderly.
The bridge in Morbi town had reopened just a week ago after repairs.