Ahmedabad, July 11 -- The toll in Gambhira Bridge collapse over the Mahisagar River in Vadodara district of Gujarat has risen to 17 with three people missing, officials aware of the matter said, even as Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday suspended four engineers of the state's roads and buildings department.

Five more bodies have been recovered since Wednesday night when the official toll was 12 and rescue operations have been going on for over 36 hours since the incident.

"We have recovered 17 bodies so far. According to our list, three other people are missing. Five persons have been rescued, and their condition is stable," Vadodara district collector Anil Dhameliya said.

CM Patel, who handles the roads and buildings ...