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M'da> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 10:28:56 +0530> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Assam] eartquake in assam- a stark reality> >
M-da> > Just forgot to add...regarding the fatalities of 1950 earthquake.!> >
As a result of the great earth quake, a hill broke and blocked the river>
Subansiri creating an artificial lake at the current dam site. The lake gave>
away after 10 days, I think. It rolled down causing a flash flood in our> area,
(gogamukh an dbordoloni).. its referred to as the 'boliya pani' of> 1950s.. my
grand father told me how he saved his family of 12 children> making a raft of
'bhimkol' quickly and tying it to a huge banyan tree..some> 15 missing (miri)
villages downstream were washed away and toll must have> been huge.> > There is
an eye witness to this sordid saga. *Dr Lakhi Chintey of Shillong*,> whose
mother and infant sister were washed away before his eyes. He narrated> me the
incident with tearful eyes, that night still haunts him. That time> media was
not what it is today, and these deaths must have gone unreported.> > -mkd> > On
Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > 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> > > > > -- > Manoj Kumar Das> C 172 GF,
Sarvodaya Enclave> New Delhi 17 India> 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654>
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