Kashmir Earthquake Third Anniversary Today
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 9:28 am
ISLAMABAD: The victims of the October 8, 2005 earthquake are yet to come out of shock and miseries and return to normal life even after passage of three years of the devastating temblor that hit the Himalayan region of Hazara in NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Disappointment and fear still loom on the faces of survivors, marking the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake while spending life in houses made of steel sheets. Facilities like latrines/bathrooms, sanitation and clean drinking water are still a distant dream for the ill-fated victims who are waiting for relocation and rehabilitation.
The most-affected Balakaot town that had about 20,000 population and 90 per cent of its infrastructure was destroyed by the jolt have not yet reconstructed their houses and waiting for relocation as the area has been declared ‘Red Zone’.
The government has initiated a project by the name of New Balakot City that is being developed about 23 kilometres west of the destroyed town to relocate the population of two union councils of Balakot, demarcated as Red Zone.
The earthquake losses were estimated US$ 12 billion at the time and the world nations pledged US$ 6 billion for rehabilitation of the quake hit people.
A large chunk of rehabilitation work has said to be completed with the international aid and available indigenous resources but still some regions waiting for rehabilitation and reconstruction work.
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