News Briefs & Links Dated 6th February 2001 |
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The Gujrat Tragedy News Dated 6th February, 2001 
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Saturday, February 10, 2001
Economic growth may dip below last year's level : The Times of India - Dated :2/6/01 Even as the Vajpayee government is coming to gripd with the wider economic implications of the Gujarat quake comes more bad news: India's economic growth will slow to 6% this financial year from 6.4% in 1999-2000, according to estimates by the Central Statistical Organisation(CSO) published Monday. Finally, battery of Govt officials heads for Bhuj : The Hindustan Times - Dated :2/6/01 Eleven days after the earthquake, the Gujarat Government has finally got its act together by deputing 15 senior IAS officers and 107 other administrative staff to the worse-hit areas in and around Bhuj. Gujarat to set up earthquake management authority - Dated :2/6/01 Faced with mounting criticism, the embattled Gujarat government has decided to set up an earthquake management authority under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel to monitor rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes in the affected areas. Recovery of bodies will take one more week in Kutch: Pandya - Dated :2/6/01 Operations to recover bodies from debris in the quake-ravaged Kutch district will take at least one more week as the Gujarat government is reluctant to use heavy machinery keeping in mind the people's sentiments, according to minister of state for home Haren Pandya. FICCI sets up Gujarat rehabilitation project - Dated :2/6/01 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has announced setting up of FICCI-Care Gujarat Rehabilitation Project (FCGRP), with initial corpus of half-a-million dollars, to help the quake-affected villages in Gujarat. Thursday, February 08, 2001
Quake homeless offered food for work (06-Feb-01) In a bid to avert a mass exodus from India's quake-ravaged state of Gujarat, officials have said that homeless villagers will be offered food in exchange for aiding the reconstruction effort.
Tata institute to help with lighting NEW DELHI, Feb 6 — Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), a Delhi-based non-profit research organisation, will work out an action plan for Gujarat to provide lighting and energy to areas where wire, transmission lines and distribution system have been affected due to the earthquake.
Ex-UK minister suffers stroke at quake scenes AHMEDABAD, Feb 6 — Distressed by horrendous sights in the earthquake-devastated Kutch region, Lord Bill Deedes, an eminent journalist and former British Cabinet Minister, suffered a stroke and has been admitted to a hospital here.
Housing policy for quake-hit soon AHMEDABAD, Feb 6 — The Gujarat Government would soon announce a housing policy for the quake affected people in the Kutch, Rajkot and Sundernagar districts and give financial assistance for this purpose from the consolidated earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction fund.
No change of guard in Gujarat: Laxman AHMEDABAD, Feb 6 — The BJP today categorically ruled out change of guard in the legislature party leadership in Gujarat in the wake of alleged failure of Keshubhai Patel government in handling the situation after the devastating earthquake. Wednesday, February 07, 2001
Plan to rehabilitate quake victims AHMEDABAD, Feb 6 — Faced with criticism from different quarters for the lack of coordination in the relief and rescue operations, the Gujarat Government today announced the formation of a separate department for the rehabilitation of the quake victims. |