As many as 14 bodies--11 males and three females--have so far been recovered by the search teams and locals from the Savitri river in the Mumbai-Goa highway Mahad bridge collapse tragedy.
Authorities have made it clear that at least 42 people fell into the river with the vehicles in which they were travelling and are reported to be missing.
Two buses and some private vehicles got swept away following collapse of the British-era bridge late on Tuesday night.
Bodies were flown away with water current up to 120 km from the spot of bridge collapse.
An NDRF team from Pune on Wednesday had started search and rescue operations at the spot.
The team found seven bodies on Thursday and they confirmed that seven more were found by local fishermen taking the total to 14. No bus or car has yet been recovered from the river.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced a judicial probe into the incident. He announced ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the deceased.
