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DEATHQUAKE;
GROUND ZERO
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DISASTER
ZONES
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BHUJ
Population: 1.6 lakh
Profile: Gateway to the Rann of Kutch. A 500-year-old town,
it was ruled by the Jadeja clan of Rajputs for 450 years before
its merger with the Indian Union. Home to powerful Jain business
families that control markets in Mumbai. Dominated by Jains, Thakkars,
Patels and Muslims. It suffered the severest damage to its historic
past in the destruction of Aina Mahal (mirror palace).The palace
was built in the 18th century by a renowned Kutch artiste Ramsinh
Malam at the behest of the then Maharao of Kutch, Lakhpatji.
Economy: Trading, real estate, spillover of businesses in
Mumbai where they are controlled by Kutchis in a big way.
MP:
Pushpdan Gadhvi; MLA: Mukesh Jhaveri
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ANJAR
Population: 55,000
Profile: Famous for the samadhis of Jesal and Toral, two
legendary saints of Kutch. Home to Jains, Thakkars, Patels, Khojas
and Dawoodi Bohras. Boasts of a fort.
Economy: Trading,
sword- and knife-making, spillover of businesses from Kandla port
and Gandhidham.
MLA:
Vasanji Ahir
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BHACHAU
Population: 23,000
Profile:
Was the border post of the princely state of Kutch. Dominated by
Jains, Thakkars and Patels. A hilltop fort was damaged by quake.
Economy:
Trading and small-scale units in the local industrial estate.
MLA: Vasanbhai Ahir
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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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