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February 12, 2001
Issue

India Today, February 12


Column
 
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 .

 
Despatches

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.





Interview



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.

 
Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
DEATHQUAKE... AND THE AFTERMATH
Hell On Earth

True 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's officials even met.

Full Story...


RESCUE AND RELIEF
Picking Up The Pieces

Despite the delayed government action, the overwhelming support of the people and the international sentiment that is pouring in will help Gujarat live again.
Full Story...


GUJARAT GOVERNMENT
Is Keshubhai Up To It?
  With rescue work plagued by callousness, Keshubhai Patel's Government will need all the political and administrative acumen at its disposal to extricate itself from the debris.
Full Story...
 
 
POLITICS OF PERIL
Grim Reapers
  Party politics goes on, unshaken by the magnitude of the tragedy.
Full Story...
 
 
 
FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT
Dateline Fearscape
 

A journey through the ruins of Bhuj, Bhachau, and Anjar, still trembling with fear and loss.
Full Story...

 
 
 
QUAKE-RESISTANT HOUSES
Preventing Collapse
  Quakes don't kill, badly-made buildings do. Loss of lives can be minimized simply by better design or buttressing.
Full Story...
 
 
 
INSURANCE
Leave It To God
  Few people insured property against quakes so insurance firms will pay only about Rs 50 crore despite the huge loss.
Full Story...
 
 
 
ECONOMIC IMPACT
What Goes Down...
  It was one of the severest earthquakes to have hit the country. But, miraculously, industry in Gujarat escaped with only minor injuries, and is set to bounce back.
Full Story...
 
 
 
LOOKING BACK
Latur: Still Shaken
  Life for the survivors of the 1993 quake is far from normal. Houses built as part of the rehabilitation programme are not satisfactory and have already developed cracks.
Full Story...
 
 
 
GOOD SAMARITANS
State-of-the-Heart
  Ordinary citizens across the country begin fund-raising drives and collecting relief material, hoping to make a difference in the quake-hit state. And they do.
Full Story...
 
 
 
CARE TODAY: REBUILDING GUJARAT
Hope For Survivors
  As the people of Gujarat struggle to cope with the destruction caused by the devastating earthquake, Care Today offers readers a chance to lend them a hand.
Full Story...
 
 
     
OFFTRACK: MUMBAI
On The Ball
Cricket in bridging police-public distrust.

   
CENTRESTAGE by Ajit Ninan
VOICES

"In future, we will keep this in mind. But the Government cancelled all celebrations as soon as we came to know of the quake's intensity."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, admitting that national mourning had not been declared after the Gujarat earthquake because the thought did not cross anyone's mind
More...


CAPLOOKS
TREMORS
How Quick Was The Response To The Gujarat Quake?

Meet Management
Sonia converts a conference into a condolence meet.
 

Soldiering On
Punjab's governor outsmarts Parkash Singh Badal.

Party Fare
Earthquakes do not seem to bother UP's Lalji Tandon.
  Star Struck
An astrologer asks K. Patel to perform a yagna or resign.
 


Editorials

Chaos Theory
Why India is as likely to be crowned Miss World as Calamity Jane
Taxing Tremors
An earthquake cess has to be followed up by transparent accounting


Letter
From the
Editor in Chief

 

Eyecatchers
Courage In Twos
Beasts And Friends
Blood Brother


Top
   
 
 
 
   PHOTO GALLERY
   
   

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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