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India: Gujarat Emergency Earthquake Reconstruction Project

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  1. Natural disasters · 26 January 2001

    Gujarat Earthquake

    USGS epicentral area northwest of Bhachau · India

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    Why editors use it here

    Completion review of reconstruction institutions, housing and infrastructure programs, social safeguards, results, and implementation limits.

    1. Quick read

      On the morning of 26 January 2001, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Gujarat while India marked Republic Day.

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    2. Trigger and conditions

      At about 8:46 a.m.

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    3. Uncertainty

      Government, scientific, and aid sources publish different death, injury, housing, and affected-population totals because assessments changed during recovery and used different definitions.

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    4. Why it matters

      The Gujarat earthquake demonstrates that seismic risk is built into everyday construction, governance, and access to services long before the ground moves.

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