True Horror:
Hell On Earth

Rescue and Relief:
Picking up the Pieces

Gujarat Government:
Is Keshubhai
Up To It

First Person Account:
Dateline Fearscape

Quake-Resistant Building: Preventing Collapse

Insurance:
Leave It To God

Economic Impact:
What Goes Down...

Looking Back:
Latur: Still Shaken

Good Samaritans:
State-of-The-Heart

Care Today:
Rebuilding Gujarat: Hope For Survivors

COVER STORY: DEATHQUAKE; UNINSURED PROPERTY

Insurance Risk Map

Most people have not cared to buy an add-on earthquake policy.

CATEGORY 1 (Premium Re 1 per Rs 1,000 of sum assured)
STATE/UNION TERRITORY: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. DISTRICTS: Kutch (Gujarat), Chamba, Kullu, Kangra, Mandi, Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), Baramula, Srinagar (J&K), Sitamarhi, Madhubani (Bihar), Ratnagiri, Satara (Maharashtra)

CATEGORY 2 (50 paise)
STATE/UNION TERRITORY: Delhi, Chandigarh, Sikkim DISTRICTS: Patna, Purnea, Champaran, Katihar (Bihar), Jamnagar (Gujarat), Lahaul, Spiti, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Uttarkashi, Tehri Garhwal, Dehradun, Garhwal, Nainital (Uttaranchal), Moradabad, Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Kolkata, 24 Parganas, Darjeeling, Malda (West Bengal), Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana (Punjab), Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ambala, Sonepat, Rohtak, Karnal, Panipat, Rewari, Yamunanagar (Haryana)

CATEGORY 3 (40 paise)
DISTRICTS/CITIES: Greater Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Kolhapure (Maharashtra), Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Baroda, Surendranagar (Gujarat), Jabalpur (Chhattisgarh), Raigarh (Madhya Pradesh), Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur (Orissa), Dakshin Kannad (Karnataka), Nilgiri, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

CATEGORY 4 (20 paise)
DISTRICTS/CITIES: Hyderabad, Guntur, (Andhra Pradesh), Ranchi, Singhbhum (Jharkhand); Latur, Nagpur, Solapur, Sangli (Maharashtra)

* Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4 are according to descending order of risk.

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