March 5, 2001
 Gujarat finalises guidelines for rehabilitation
 IT king’s jacuzzi sank a high-rise

March 4, 2001
 Kutch quake-hit to get temporary homes in their towns
 'Most wanted' builder to be produced in court today

March 3, 2001
 Gujarat now reels from relocation shocks
 Help at hand for Gujarat orphans
 Bhuj, Gandhidham builders booked
 Builder who kept cops waiting
 Alternatives that heal help Amdavadis forget aftershocks
 Bldg collapses — six builders held
 Bail pleas of 12 builders rejected
 "Building industry needs to be trained"
 AMC staff to get safer office bldg

March 2, 2001
 60 cases, police say builders not found
 Blackboard in front, danger above
 MSU students to raise money for quake-hit
 Police's best not good enough
 'He still comes in my dreams'
 Collapse cases — five more arrested
 Exemption on stamp duty for quake victims sought
 Scared people struggle to get life back on track
 Quake jolts interest in ham radio

February 28, 2001
 Quake victims go on indefinite fast
 Cultural fete for victims of Jan 26 quake
 Building unsafe — district judges hold court at home
 `When everyone is breaking the law, how do you stop them?'
 Three more builders held
 Work grinds to halt at civic body
 Do no evil, advise maulvis
 Soni has lost count of family members who died
 Railway begins re-building staff quarters

February 23, 2001
 Embargo on building — architects angered
 Himgiri Apt builders held
 Builders shun high-rises, come down to earth following quake
 Shaken by quake, professionals want to move out
 Cuttack students' gesture to quake-hits
 Army engineers assess buildings in Ahmedabad
 HC team makes its rounds of damaged court building

February 21, 2001
 Three tremors recorded in Gujarat
  Vishwadarshan, Giriraj builders held
 Insurance co ordered to pay damages
 Amdavadis drink bhang, seek Shiva's blessings
 Assn seeks AMC, AUDA help to deal with builders
 Panel lays down guidelines for reconstruction work
 Wiring up Kutch with rest of the world

February 20, 2001
 Volunteers run out of steam
  Houses remain, but little comfort for residents
 Builders from Bilimora held for collapse
 Maldharis to get livestock in relief
 150 buildings found damaged in quake
 Satyajit Gaekwad says relief work biased in some areas
 School builder, sons arrested
 Hostel buildings damaged, going gets tough for inmates
 Post quake, NSUI wants concessions for students
 US Congressmen assess damage
 Building-Use permission to Shivalik cancelled
 ACB probe against State Govt officials
 Ekta Trust takes care of the dead
 Harekrishna to be razed today

February 19, 2001
  For flat-owners, repairs come with a heavy price tag
 Gurdaspur lends a helping hand to Gandhidham
 Another tremor in Gujarat
 Committee or calamity?
 Builders make getaway as police collect proof
 Banks in Bhuj collapsed but money remained safe
 Amdavadis get down to earth, opt for tenements
 Parents of dead students want builder arrested
 'Yoga, exercise can reduce stress'
 Bias in distribution of relief material alleged
 Mayor, chairman at odds over school issue
 Wall collapses, 65-yr-old woman escapes unhurt
 Children return to school, courtesy Army

February 18, 2001
 Kandla Port becomes fully operational
 Case against Setu Apt builder
 The vigil continues . . .
 Errant engineers still free
 Court stays probe into Sukhsagar collapse
 His building killed 100, he’s on the run, his files missing
 Cassette industry plays on grief, cashes in on quake

February 16, 2001
 Reconstuction of society is not an easy job
 Orders issued against two city builders
 Experts rule out presence of fresh water in Kutch
 Tremor trauma takes toll on pregnant women
 Painful chapter over, kids get back to school
 Miracle shortlived — Jyotsna Gandhi dies
 Section 420 against builders
 Construction only after study of soil
 Mayor flays rehabilitation scheme
 Rules for PF advance, withdrawal relaxed
 DDIT donates Rs 1,51,000 for relief work
 From the analysis page: Keep eye on quakes with ear to the ground

February 15, 2001
 Gujarat submits Rs 20,000 cr plan
 'Doomsday' rumours fly thick and fast
 Vantra goes unnoticed; no relief reaches it
 No relief after hours in queue
 Law finally catches up with builder of Mansi
 AMC, CEPT will not issue safety certificates
 'Errant AMC employees will not be spared'
 No patch-up job, Shivalik builder told
 Some say it with roses, others by collecting money for relief
 Centre releases Rs 100 crore for Kutch district
 Quake relief co-ordination cell set up in Mumbai city
 Gujarat University decides to set up Quake Relief Fund
 Jawans rush to rescue in quake-affected areas
 It wasn't rock music that rocked the city
 From the analysis page: Unshaken faith

February 14, 2001
 Gujarat is kept out of disaster committee
 "Excuse me, will you look at the crack in my wall?"
 He didn't wait to mourn his dead, saved neighbours
 Your money buys them a little warmth
 Intach to help restore damaged heritage bldgs
 Bhuj Engg students to study at LD
 Collapses — hearing to be held on Feb 19
 Sonia distributes relief material
 Connecting people — websites are a lifeline for many
 State to provide financial help for repairing damaged bldgs
 Headcount proves to be a headache

February 13, 2001
 Not one builder arrested, buck-passing shatters survivors' hopes
 This murderer stays back to save lives
 Long-term quake forecasting plan to be implemented soon
 Tremors changed this psychotic's mind

February 12, 2001
  Tribals rendered jobless by quake take to crime
 Maulvis gather momentum
 Kutch newspapers fight trauma to reach reader
 In Ahmedabad, crooks build dreams to let them crash
 GEB recovers costly machines from debris
 Romance fails to bloom this season
 Relocation should be avoided, says committee
 CBSE students rue lack of time, want exams put off
 Legal aid cells to be set up in Kutch
 WB and ADB to survey quake-affected areas
 Islamic Relief Committee allots Rs 4 crore for relief
 Trust's negligence killed two children, alleges residents
 People make a beeline to insure their houses
 Eight arrested for rioting and threatening Shikhar residents
 Unemployment strikes construction workers
 Fire safety on the back burner
 From the analysis page: Politics in the time of earthquake
 From the analysis page: Old faces in new Authority

February 11, 2001
  Keshubhai comes in for flak for avoiding quake-hit areas
 In Gujarat, they burn TV, the 'epicentre of evil'
  Officials, professionals hand in glove with builders
  Army kept Bhuj lifeline going

February 10, 2001
 SOS Villages pitches in with love and care for orphans
 Ratan Tata visits quake-hit villages
  After RDX, big cache of police arms recovered
 Authorities refuse to accept onus for collapsed buildings
  Traders give economics the go-by

February 9, 2001
  Army helps SBI recover Rs 20 cr from rubble
 Gujarat govt's answer to illegal bldgs — regularise them
 After grief comes the greed as villagers hoard relief supplies
 Gujarat leader compliments our reporter : "You’re anti-national"
 You thought death was the great leveller? Ask these Dalits
 Builders were crooks, govt was an accomplice
 No more clothes please, Gujarat needs specialists
 Relief fails to provide relief
 Post-quake, house insurance booms
 College students strike for festive cause
 More quake victims to arrive at SSG
 District panchayat sends more tents
 Duplication delays inspection of bldgs
 Case registered against builder of Pujan Apts
 Scrap dealers make a killing from broken homes
 Suggestions on relief work to be submitted in High Court
 Rubble can be used for reconstruction, suggests CMAG
 13,000 complaints of property damage
 Provision made for repair of schools
 Committee formed to deal with quake-related issues
 Free counselling for quake victims
 Russians irked by unloading delay
 WR runs two special trains to Gandhidham
 Builders get ready for stricter rules
 From the analysis page: The last lifeline

February 8, 2001
 Controversy over Gujarat death toll
 Had AMC officials listened, 8 people may have lived
 Mission Impossible in Bhuj
 Prayer on their lips, 35 blind survived
 Helping victims overcome psychological trauma major task now
 Eight lives lost as justice is delayed
 Officials on quake duty off to a quiet holiday
 Keep VVIPs off quake-hit sites, say party workers
 Expert begs to differ, says his 'prediction' was ignored
 Across the air, hams take aid
 GSEB decision welcomed
 Dahod sends men, material to Kutch
 "The rich live in cars, but where do we go?''
 Illegal construction over public toilets raises a stink
 140 telephone exchanges in Kutch working
 IAF works round the clock to provide relief
 Cops lodge cases against 2 builders
 "Ductile lower storeys may have caused bldg collapses''
 Relief material flows in for areas affected by earthquake
 Engineer has designs on quake-hit Ahmedabad
 Surat still goes easy on insurance for buildings
 Centre urged to reintroduce VDS

February 7, 2001
 Panicky Amdavadis flock to Gandhinagar, lift the flagging real estate business
 Earthquake survivors remember the dead
 Use IT to Map seismic zones, says Mahajan
 Killer earthquake may have brought water to life
 Just on time to save lives
 Intent to cause injury tough to prove — lawyers
 Operation Patch-up — builders do a rush job
 Damage to municipal schools puts studies on hold
 Pregnant woman survives, loses baby
 Seven more cases against builders
 With schools closed, kids relive tremor terror every day
 Six succumb to injuries in city hospitals
 School deaths — no action yet against errant builder
 Sonia to visit Kutch next week
 Trust to build houses for homeless
 Family complains about conductor's 'unfare' act
 HC issues notices to Centre, State Government
 Against all odds, pilgrims to keep Haj promise

February 6, 2001
 Gandhinagar realty business thrives on panicky Amdavadis
 Images of hope in Gujarat come from outer space — water in arid Kutch
 No compensation for damage yet
 It's back to school after quake break
 Rs 100 crore loss for rly in Vadodara division
 Damage to Bhuj museum yet to be assessed
 "Predictions may be only 40-45 % true''
 IMA doing its mite for earthquake-affected
 Six more cases against builders, total up to 37
 Unsafe building in Ahmedabad gives people the shivers
 Buyers say a flat no to high-rises, withdraw loan applications
 All's well with 500-year-old Adalaj stepwell
 Code sought for quake-resistant buildings in State
 City to have disaster management cell soon
 More helping hands for relief operations
 Special trains started to provide relief services
 Nine more cases, no builder arrested yet
 Compensation disbursed to quake victims
 SUDA asks SGU to vacate building
  ‘Why do we, the super-educated people, ignore basic principles?’

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It is the time to show those in Gujarat who have lost their families and their homes that they aren't alone.
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You are requested to donate generously for this noble cause. Names of donors will be published in The Indian Express print edition as well as in Expressindia.com.
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Helpline Numbers
Ahmedabad: 91-79-5603200
Bhuj: 91-2832-50444
Gandhinagar: 91-2712-51911 - 17, 49256

Railway Information Centres:
New Delhi: 91-11-3405148
Railway Minister's office: 91-11-3381213, 3386645
Mumbai: 91-22-2017420
Kolkata: 91-33-4397928, 2489494, 6602743
Chennai: 91-44-5358164
Ahmedabad: 91-79-2111413
Bangalore: 91-80-2876410

Red Cross Society, New Delhi: 91-11-3716443, 3716441