There is no electricity, no running water, no phone. Just rubble and a town full of bodies
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The town of Bacchau, India, was particularly badly hit by the earthquake in the Kutch district. The authorities have so far only been able to undertake a small amount of disaster relief work.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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'Why has nobody come to help us' they ask in the remote villages devastated by quake
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Villages in the interior of Gujarat, India, have not yet received any assistance following the large earthquake in the region. The media and relief agencies have been slow to focus attention on inaccessible communities where there has been widespread devastation.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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Taliban vandalism stirs India's oldest hatreds
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Conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India could revive following the destruction of ancient Buddhist statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of India's largest mosque, has called on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to condemn the destruction of the disused mosque in Ayodhya, India, by Hindu fanatics in Dec 1991.
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Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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