Dear M-da This data was mined from the net. In any case its not very important, how many died then. Most important is how many are going to die trapped underneath the rubbles, agonizingly waiting for rescues to come.
Most of the stilted buildings are great recipes for disaster during earthquakes. I attended a seminar recently on earthquake damage mitigation. Providing shear walls in stilted high rises can mitigate the disaster to some extent. Builders take out their money and move onto the next project. Its for the residents to think and see whether the flats they are living in are abodes or death traps. Ultimate price will be paid by them in case of any calamity, which I think is bound to happen; at 8.5 plus Richter, not many concrete structures are known to stand in one piece. You are right, after the 1897 quake, British devised the *ikra *cement plastered wooden gridded structure; we still have such walls in my ancestral house at Bordoloni and they lasted for more than half a century. I think if must we go vertical, at least walls can be made of stuff which does not form bubbles during an earthquake. Buildings will be gone but life can be saved in case of a disaster. God save our people! -mkd On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 7:33 AM, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 richter( remember it is Logarithmic > scale) and already 22000 are dead> > Earthquakes do not kill. Concrete falling on people do. The whole 3 > storey school fell and buried 1100+alive.RIP > > In Jorhat Earthquake 1950 -me classX - We ran out- but I came back to drag > a sick boy out of thee Sick room. Next moment a brick partition wall( > constructed later) fell. He would have been hit and---. The British- built > Assam Type Hostel with Tin Roof still Survives. > > Shillong earthquake1897 must have made Brits shy away from Concrete > multistorey. > That was a good move. > But Steel and Cement and Bank and Govt. do not like it any more. > > I was trying hard to propagate low-mass optimum Section Precast slabs for > Construction of all Assam houses. 1980>1990+ I did build some 30 housesbig > and small in Guwahati. 3 fell in Constructing.Rest exist. All at 20% PWD > cost. > Govt.,University, Public should have developed further from my general > designs and ensured Assam's Disaster-free Concrete housing. > But PWD hates my designs,Banks hate them ,the New Rich cannot stand them > at all. The New Rich whose Mothers are still polishing their village home > floor with cowdung - mustnow have 1"Thick Makrana Marble in their Guwahati > Nth Floor Cage-- over 5" thick cast-in situ (1000s of Bamboos lost) > concrete floor-- instead of mine 40mm. > > > The Builders( generally non-Matric) boast "Earthquake Proof Designs > Checked by Computer" > Everybody is Happy for now. > > Ahmedabad,Latur--etc where 10,000 s died in Quakes afew years back are in > India's "SAFE BELT". > ' > GOI Brains Trust lists Assam (call NE) in Zone V-most' Earthquakeprone > and dangerous'--. > Nobody Died in 1950 Quakes--as we never heard. > > So where did you get this Manoj?:<1500 people were killed> and the > drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were the > cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this earthquake.>Floods--May > be. > > Till end of 1950 we saw at Neamati Ghat Whole Massive Coniferous Dried > trees floating down as far as eyes could see. And Dazed Massive Fish going > for a song. Smell of Sulphur /H2S all over Jorhat that night-and for many > more. > > Rethink Housing. > Rething Cities. > Rethink Lifestyles. > Live well -rurally- with disseminated Jobs and Healthy Work from homes- > maybe through Internet. > You need clever LEADERS. > MM > > > > > > > > > > > > do > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:40 +0530> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] eartquake in > assam- a stark reality> > Hi all> > The earthquake of Sichuan is only 7.8 > richter and already 22000 are dead.> > Guwahati has partly become a concret > jungle and most of the construction> doesn't have the minimums to withstand > the kind of earthquake that recurs in> our region.> > > > 1897:> > The great > Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau> > by more than> 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much of > the Plateau> and> surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction and > flooding in the> Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> > 1950:> This > "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest> earthquake of the 20th > century. Though it hit in a mountainous region> along India's international > border with China, 1500 people were killed> and the drainage of the region > was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were the cause of most of the > fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The> initial shock was followed by > thousands of aftershocks, some of which> were big earthquakes enough to be > reckoned.> It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely > populated> region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often > referred to> as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950".> The earthquake occurred at > 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt> throughout north-eastern India and > in many parts of eastern India. It was> also felt throughout Bangladesh, > Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage> occurred in the entire region as far as Kolkata. > It was felt across a wide> area of the subcontinent, over an area totalling > 4.5 million square miles.> > -- > Manoj Kumar Das> C 172 GF, Sarvodaya > Enclave> New Delhi 17 India> 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> > > > -- > > Manoj Kumar Das> C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> New Delhi 17 India> 0091 > 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> _______________________________________________> > assam mailing list> assam@assamnet.org> > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch hottest Bollywood videos, clips, movie tailors, star interviews, > songs and more on MSN videos. > http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > -- Manoj Kumar Das C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 17 India 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
