News Briefs & Links Dated 2nd February 2001 |
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The Gujrat Tragedy News Dated
2nd February, 2001 
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Saturday, February 10, 2001
GoM reviews progress in relief operations - Dated :2/2/01 The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Disaster Management, on Friday reviewed the situation in the quake-hit Gujarat and the progress of the operations for rescue, relief and rehabilitation. PM hints at more taxes to raise resources for Gujarat - Dated :2/2/01 A day after government decided to impose two per cent additional surcharge on income and corporate taxes for rebuilding quake hit Gujarat, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Friday hinted at a fresh dose of moderate taxes and non-tax measures to mop up resources. Vajpayee, Musharraf talk over Gujarat quake calamity - Dated :2/2/01 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan`s military rular Pervez Musharraf talked over telephone and discussed the situation in quake-hit Gujarat. The Prime Minister thanked the Pakistani ruler for extending relief to quake victims. Hrithik Roshan donates Rs 10 lakhs to quake victims - Dated :2/2/01 Hrithik Roshan, the new superstar of Hindi cinema, and his father, noted film-maker Rakesh Roshan, on Friday donated Rs 10 lakhs each for the quake-affected people of Gujarat. Clinton to raise funds for quake victims in India - Dated :2/2/01 Former US President Bill Clinton met with Indian-American businessmen and some Indian government officials to launch a money-raising project for victims of the Gujarat earthquake that killed thousands. Rs 100 cr damage to telecom infrastructure in Kutch: Paswan - Dated :2/2/01 Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, on Saturday said that the telecom infrastructure worth Rs 100 crore was damaged and ten telecommunication employees killed in Kutch district in the January 26 earthquake in Gujarat.
Helping Gujarat out of nightmare - Dated :2/2/01 Gujarat, once a hub of business activities, is now a mass grave and a heap of rubble. Thousands have died, lakhs injured and many are still trapped under the debris. This calamity has made Indians from all around the world come together. We, at Zeenews.com, have been deluged by mails - most of them desperate to help whatever little their contribution might be. Manushri Bahukhandi reports. Epidemic fear stalks Gujarat - Dated :2/2/01 There is a fear of a breakout of epidemic in Gujarat, eight days after the quake hit the state. There are already reports of widespread complaints of gastroenteritis in Bhuj and Anjar. Defence forces launch one of the world`s biggest rescue missions - Dated :2/2/01 Over 23,000 army personnel with the assistance of air force and navy are battling round the clock to provide succor to thousands of earthquake victims and also taking out the decomposed bodies in the world`s oneof the biggest rescue and relief operations in Gujarat. Hasina wants to repay debt to India by visiting Gujarat: The Hindustan Times - Dated :2/2/01 Bangladesh has proposed to fly in 200 doctors attached to its "Gaana Shastha" movement to the earthquake affected areas of Gujarat. Also, it is the first country whose Prime Minister has offered to fly down to express its people's sympathy for the victims. J&K ultras give blood for Gujarat: The Pioneer - Dated :2/2/01 It was a camp with difference, though organising blood donation camps in the "valley of death and destruction" is not an unusual thing. On Thursday morning donors gathered at Maisuma locality of Srinagar, the home of JKLF chief Mohammad Yasin Malik, to offer blood for the victims of Gujarat earth-quake. Blood on their hands, Gujarat's builders are on the run: The Indian Express - Dated :2/2/01 They sold dreams to people which within a few seconds on January 26 came crashing down. Now the builders of Ahmedabad, who made their fortunes only to end up with blood on their hands, are missing. Their bungalows, swanky offices and cars are intact but they are nowhere to be found. Vajpayee expresses gratitude to Pakistan for quake relief - Dated :2/2/01 Expressing gratitude to Pakistan for extending relief to earthquake-hit Gujarat, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday said he would speak to Military Ruler Pervez Musharraf on telephone and apprise him of the situation in the state. Quake brings Pakistanis, Indians together in grief - Dated :2/2/01 A week after a terrible earthquake flattened much of Gujarat, hundreds of distraught Pakistanis are enduring an agonising wait for visas to visit loved ones across the border. Thursday, February 08, 2001
CM rejects demand to arrest John BANGALORE, Feb 2 Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna today rejected the BJPs demand for prosecution and arrest of Mr T. John, who resigned as minister after making a controversial statement, linking the Gujarat earthquake to attacks on Christians in that state. Sad homecoming for Advani ADIPUR (Kutch), Feb 2 It was a sad homecoming for Union Home Minister L.K. Advani when he visited the quake-devastated town of Adipur, where his father had migrated after Partition. Jagmohan to visit Gujarat on Feb 4 NEW DELHI, Feb 2 Union Urban Development Minister Jagmohan is to leave for quake-hit Gujarat on Sunday to make an on-the-spot assessment of the reconstruction and rehabilitation needs of the state, particularly the damaged houses and infrastructure. Polishing shoes to help quake-hit! NEW DELHI, Feb 2 Moved by the death of thousands of people of the recent earthquake in Gujarat, an employee of a government press here today took to polishing shoes to contribute his earnings for relief. Live footage of Gujarat quake NEW DELHI, Feb 2 As hell broke loose in Bhuj on Republic Day, a businessman in the Kutch town, unmindful of the risk to his life, roamed around with his video camera shooting the havoc caused by the killer quake. Astrologer held for predicting another quake AHMEDABAD, Feb 2 An astrologer in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, predicted that the state will experience another major tremor on February 3 and was promptly arrested by the police for creating panic among the people.
Treaty on calamities sought BHUJ, Feb 2 A large number of lives could have been saved had the Indian Government sought help from the international community, felt a number of foreign rescue teams camping here. Gujarat quake was 8.1 on Richter scale AHMEDABAD, Feb 2 Fresh seismological analysis has revealed that the January 26 earthquake in Gujarat was of 8.1 magnitude on the Richter scale, not 6.9 or 7.9 as stated earlier, and had its epicentre been in Ahmedabad, at least two million people would have perished. Intensity was 6.9, says govt Aftershocks to continue NEW DELHI, Feb 2 As the people of Gujarat struggle to come to terms with the devastation caused by the killer quake on January 26, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) today cautioned that aftershocks were likely to continue for several months. Army wireless set saves 12 lives NEW DELHI, Feb 2 A wireless set, the most handy and valuable communication device for Army rescue workers in quake-ravaged Gujarat, was put to innovative use to save 12 persons trapped under mounds of rubble. Nine builders arrested AHMEDABAD, Feb 2 The police has arrested nine private builders in the city where about 70 multi-storey buildings collapsed leading to more than 750 deaths, while over 100 structures remained precariously perched endangering public safety as a fallout of the January 26 earthquake.
Quake after-effects jolt Gujarat Govt AHMEDABAD, Feb 2 The colossal upheaval and the enormity of death and destruction caused by the earthquake on the morning of January 26 is slowly but surely beginning to hit the Keshubhai Patel government, albeit a week after the catastrophe. All-party meeting today NEW DELHI, Feb 2 Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has convened an all-party meeting here tomorrow to discuss the earthquake relief and rehabilitation work being undertaken in Gujarat. Wednesday, February 07, 2001
Surcharge just the beginning Fresh dose of taxes to follow: PM NEW DELHI, Feb 2 The imposition of 2 per cent 'earthquake' surcharge on income tax and corporate tax is likely to be followed by a fresh dose of moderate taxes, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, indicated here today.
Threat of epidemic looms large BHUJ, Feb 2 With makeshift hospitals in the quake-affected areas reporting a steady increase in the number of gastroenteritis and diarrhoea cases, the fear of epidemic spreading in the region looms large. Doctors in Bhuj, Bachau, Rapar and other affected areas, where The Tribune team visited, stated that the number of such cases were increasing day by day.
All-party meeting today NEW DELHI, Feb 2 Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has convened an all-party meeting here tomorrow to discuss the earthquake relief and rehabilitation work being undertaken in Gujarat.
Quake after-effects jolt Gujarat Govt AHMEDABAD, Feb 2 The colossal upheaval and the enormity of death and destruction caused by the earthquake on the morning of January 26 is slowly but surely beginning to hit the Keshubhai Patel government, albeit a week after the catastrophe. |