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  May 28, 2001     Earthquake hits India   Resources

 
January 25, 2004
  • 3 years later, Gujarat emerges stronger
January 18, 2002
  • Slight tremor shakes Kutch
January 14, 2002
  • On quake anniversary, CM wants people to appease gods
January 12, 2002
  • 13,805 deaths confirmed: Haren Pandya
September 5, 2001
  • US commits $8 million more for quake-hit
August 1, 2001
  • Quake concert cancelled for lack of sponsors
July 31, 2001
  • Saurashtra quake victims on fast
May 30, 2001
  • Vajpayee to visit quake-hit Kutch
May 28, 2001
  • Lashkar militant held in Kutch before PM's visit
May 12, 2001
  • 6 injured in building collapse in Bhuj
April 28, 2001
  • Mild earthquake hits Delhi
April 6, 2001
  • Clinton, Pawar discuss quake relief efforts
April 5, 2001
  • Clinton meets govt representatives, NGOs
• Clinton remembers Gandhi at Sabarmati
• Clinton arrives in Bombay
April 4, 2001
  • I'm trying to be useful: Bill Clinton
• Clinton promises focussed action plan for Kutchis
April 3, 2001
  • Bill Clinton won't be meeting 'real people'
April 2, 2001
  • Quake deals another blow to tourism in J&K
March 29, 2001
  • Clinton to visit Bhuj, Ratnal, Anjaar and Bhachau
• NRIs in US Looking Forward to Clinton's Visit
March 28, 2001
  • 'Clinton eager to meet quake victims'
March 20, 2001
  • Mild quake hits Koyna region: PTI
March 19
  • Mandela donates Gandhi prize money to quake victims
March 15
  • States told to amend building by-laws
• Moderate quake in Car Nicobar island
March 14
  • One more Ahmedabad builder detained under PASA
March 4
  • Tremors rock Gujarat, Mizoram, Meghalaya: PTI
March 3
  • Builder of Ahmedabad's Shikhar apartment arrested: PTI
March 2
  • US Congressman to seek more funds for Gujarat: PTI
• Gujarat relief begs $100 million question
February 28
  • Gujarat govt can float tax-free bonds for quake relief: PTI
February 27
  • Vajpayee accuses Oppn of insulting Gujarat: PTI
  • Dubai ruler donates 80 Arabian horses for quake victims
February 26
  • Only mud huts withstood quake
February 22
  • Form national panel on earthquakes: Delhi HC
• Parliament may discuss Gujarat quake on Feb 26: PTI
February 21
  • Labourers, pigeons return to Gujarat: PTI
February 19
  • Lok Sabha to discuss quake on Tuesday: PTI
• More quakes rock Gujarat
February 16
  • Quake blunts knife industry in Anjaar
• Intelligence agencies worried about Kutch security: PTI
• Vacant seats, unanswered roll calls in Ahmedabad schools
• Gujarat government invokes PASA against 2 builders
• Kutch region rocked by 15 more aftershocks
February 15
 

• Keshubhai denies he is under pressure to quit
• Quake rumours keep Gujarat on the edge

February 14
 

• Kutch continues to record aftershocks
• UNICEF to vaccinate quake-hit kids: PTI

February 13, 2001
 

• Gujarat's need of the hour: 75,000 tents
• Fresh tremors in Bhuj, other parts of Gujarat: PTI
• Mild tremors in parts of Kerala: PTI

February 12, 2001
 

• Quake runs 'fear' out of her mind
• When Naik Narayanan was Bhuj's main link to the outside world
• Kutch experiences more aftershocks
• Oriya workers return from Gujarat to a bleak future

February 9, 2001
 

• Toll-free phones to make ISD calls
• Solar cookers to the rescue of quake affected
• After-shocks rattle Kutch throughout Thursday night

February 8, 2001
  • Fresh tremors rock Gujarat
• RDX buried under debris of Bhuj police headquarters
• Fleet review will be devoid of joy
• 200,000 students affected by quake
• Killer quake was 180 years in the making
• Music maestros join hands to help quake victims
• In Kutch, a doctor sees nearly 80 injured a day

February 7, 2001
  • If earthquake is here, can drought be far away?
• 'A cohesive society has become a buffer against fear'
• BJP defends Gujarat CM
• Satellite photos of Bhuj 'sensitive'
• Water purification unit missing from Bhuj airport
• Demolition man is now in charge of Bhuj rehabilitation: PTI
• Shabir Shah on a tour of quake-hit areas
• Goa Congress concerned about Karnataka dams
• Memorial for Anjaar's school children
• Bhuj asks Gujarat Govt for Rs 5 billion in aid: PTI
• Three youths rape quake victim: PTI

February 6, 2001
  • Northeast states draft disaster management policy
• Lodai, Khengarpur, Dhrang become tourist hotspots
• Gujarat to announce housing policy for quake-hit: PTI
• Bhuj collector gheraoed: PTI
• Gujarat forest dept chips in with wood: PTI
• Most telephone exchanges in Bhuj restored: PTI
• Aid yet to reach all quake-hit villages
• Rescue operations give way to rehabilitation: Reuters
• Madhuri wins Rs 5 million on KBC

February 5, 2001
  • Bhuj jailer guards an empty prison
• Two more rescued in Bhuj: PTI
• 51 Guwahati highrises quake-vulnerable
• Poor water, not rotting bodies, of greater concern: Red Cross
• Tents now decide the social hierarchy in Bhuj
• Tent cities to be set up in Gujarat
• Debris disposal a challenge in Bhuj
• How the quake tax will affect you
• Salt industry suffers 1 mn tonne output loss
• 'I'd rather risk death than beg': Reuters
• Kandla port extends force majeure: Reuters
• Economy bowed, not broken, by quake
• IOC restarts Kandla-Bhatinda pipeline
• Forex brokers to contribute to quake relief
• President promulgates order for 2% surcharge
• Banks propose loan rescheduling after quake: Reuters
• Hardware industry fears quake tremors

February 4, 2001
  • Eleven-month-old emerges alive after a week
• Kutchi Leva Patels to chat up relatives abroad
• Rajkot faces acute shortage of tents: PTI
• People offer to adopt orphans: PTI

More News
 • Contribute to PM fund
 • Satellite phone numbers
 • Phone numbers
 • Do you want to help?
 • Want to help from the US?
 • Info from the web
 • Area-wise toll break-up
 • Map

  Condolence Board
 • 'Our sympathies to
    all the families'

  Slide Shows
 • Clinton in Kutch
 • Hope and succour
 • When the earth moved...
 • To the epicentre
 • The beginning of hope in Pune
 • Images from Bhuj
 • Glimpses of the tragedy
 • Images from Surat
 • Images from Ahmedabad
 • First images of the quake

  Specials
 • Clinton wears a new turban
 • Warriors for peace
 • Rebuilding from the rubble
 • The courage of Bhuj
 • 'Our lives will never be
    the same again'
 • 'My son was my hope'
 • What should I do if my
    building is damaged?
 • 'We all understand suffering'
 • The child God gave back
 • 'I desperately wanted to be
    with my mother'
 • Journey to the epicentre
 • The last namaz
 • 'Will my school open?'
 • Memories of the
    earthquake
 • Journey into the
    centre of darkness
 • 'First come Life,
    then Limb'
 • The man who predicts
    earthquakes
 • Individual efforts
    make a difference
 • 'Where is our future?'
 • Gujarat govt's tardy
    relief measures
 • 'Ninety per cent of Kutch is
    homeless'
 • How Prakash was brought
    to life
 • The aftermath:
    An insurance ready reckoner
 • 'If my daughter is dead,
    he said let me look for my wife'
 • Earthquakes: A ready-reckoner

  Interviews
 • 'Even if we can predict an
    earthquake, what can one do?'
    V K Gaur
    Seismologist
 • 'We swung into action on the
    first day itself'
    Keshubhai Patel
    Gujarat chief minister
 • 'The (Indian) Army is terrific'
    Colonel Ofi Reich
    leader of the Israeli team
 • 'The BJP's trying to rejuvenate
    itself by the earthquake'
    Amarsinh Chaudhry
    Gujarat Opposition leader
 • 'Devastated areas won't
    return to normal'
    Alan Bradbury
    Delegate
    Intl Fedn of Red Cross
 • 'We wanted to save as
    many lives as possible'
    Group Capt S S Danda
    Station Commander
    Bhuj IAF base
 • 'Alas, we failed to learn
    much from the disaster'
    David J Wald
    USGS seismologist
 • 'External aid has to come
    through a proper channel'
    Bhaskar Baruah
    Union Agriculture Secretary
 • 'Let us first rescue the people':
    Dr S K Srivastav,
    additional director general,
    Indian Meteorological
    Department
 • 'Foolhardy to exclude a major
    'quake':
    Vinod Kumar Gaur,
    Seismologist

  Columns
 • Dilip D'Souza's despatches
    from Gujarat
 •  Maj Gen Ashok K Mehta on
    Kargil to Kutch
 • Ravindra Parasnis wants
    the ex-servicemen called in
 • T V R Shenoy on govt
    sloth in Gujarat
 • Colonel Anil Athale on the
    unique babus from Kutch
 • Reeta Sinha wonders
    what took Atal so long
 • Saisuresh Sivaswamy on
    a task for the PM
 • Prem Panicker on
    cricket for Gujarat
 • Sucheta Dalal on
    disaster management
 • Anil Aggarwal on the govt
    being the murderer
 • Rajeev Srinivasan on
    what the thunder said
 • V Gangadhar on the
    Ahmedabad he knew
 • Dilip D'Souza on the
    Gujarat tragedy
 • Krishna Prasad on the
    same, old story

  Real Audioaudio
 • Kishor D Thakkar, 35
 • Belji Lalji Rabadia, 68
 • Urmilaben Joshi, Bhuj, 33
 • Neha S Visaria, 13
 • S P Gandhi, 55
 • Ajit Kothari on his
    8-month nephew

  Chat
 • 'A few earthquakes on
    the Himalayan belt
    are possible