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DEATHQUAKE;
THE PAIN AND HORROR
Devastation:
Why? How? How many?
CURRENT
ESTIMATES OF DEATH
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WHY
IN GUJARAT?
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The Rann of Kutch is in earthquake zone 5, the most vulnerable among
the five seismic zones.
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The exact cause is still not clear. Several fault lines,
including the Allabund Fault formed by a previous earthquake, run
through the region. These could have been reactivated.
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Intercontinental plate shift effects, or triggers by human activities,
are possibilities.
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HOW
PREPARED ARE WE?
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The Crisis Management Group has pre-set plans for disasters. Accordingly
medical personnel and army are deployed immediately. But we don't
have special commandos equipped with latest search and rescue technology.
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No drills, decentralised evacuation or regional disaster mitigation
plans in place.
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State calamity funds already used for drought relief. Rs 500 crore
central funds available.
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AFTERSHOCKS
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Number
of tremors between January 26 and February 1: 147
January 28 morning: 5.9*
February 1 morning: 4.3*
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Peak reading on the Richter scale.
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Graphics
by Ajay: Research by Supriya Bezbaruah
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The Pain And Horror
The cataclysmic
quake on India's
52nd Republic Day served to highlight
the gaping holes in the nation's
disaster management ability. Caught in celebrations, it was five and a
half hours before Delhi officials even met.
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COLUMNS |
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 Downsizing
is not about getting rid of lower division clerks but shrinking the cabinet
and thus the government, says
V Shankar Aiyar
in Au
ContrAiyar
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INTERVIEW |
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This is just the beginning, V.K. Aatre, who
is at the core of the LCA action, tells India Today Principal Correspondent
Stephen David in an exclusive
Interview.
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DESPATCHES |
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A delay in
the implementation of an eco-development project in Ranthambhore forces
the World Bank to drastically cut aid. But the Rajasthan Government is
yet to learn from its mistakes, writes India Today's Principal Correspondent
Rohit
Parihar in
Despatches.
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