From mpisgplanner at yahoo.com Sat Apr 24 13:48:38 2004 From: mpisgplanner at yahoo.com (Gita Dewan Verma) Date: Sat Dec 4 15:38:54 2004 Subject: Fwd: Temors show cracks in planning Message-ID: <20040424184838.17223.qmail@web42008.mail.yahoo.com> Jayant, i assume this is for one of the yahoo lists i moderate. am forwarding to mpisgplanner and redevelopment and, since it has more people, also proudpora. i suggest people respond at redevelopment@yahoogroups.com --- Jayant gehi wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:08:59 +0100 (BST) > From: Jayant gehi > Subject: Temors show cracks in planning > To: mpisgplanner@yahoo.com > > > The MPD-2021 had initially started off with > incorporating the parameters to address the issueof > the Earthquakes in the plan.But somewhere on the way > the issue got overshadowed by other "Relevant" > issues. > The issue always rakes up only when there is a > tremor and then settles down faster than the tremor > itself. > Why it was dropped was also because of the lax > attitude / ignorence / inability of DDA who doesnt > really consider it important to even mention forget > working on it. > Delhi, Chandigarh and many parts of Haryana lie in > Zone IV. > > The MPD-2001 although doesnt mention explicitly > about this issue but the complete development model > it has proposed will effectively addresses the > planning componant of the issue. > > In the context of the MPD-2021 where it is talking > of a model based on > High rises and higher densities along the metro the > issue becomes all the more important. > > Comments.people? > > http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?msid=631606 > > Temors show cracks in planning > CHANDRIKA MAGO > > TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2004 > 01:25:07 AM ] > > NEW DELHI: Delhi shook to its seventh tremor in a > month on Wednesday but scientists aren't sure how > much data the new observatories they've just put up > can spew out. > > "This has to be analysed," said A K Shukla, > director of India meteorological department's new > Earthquake Risk Evaluation Centre. > > > > Wednesday's tremor, which shook the city at 11.10 > am, was just 1.5 in magnitude. "1.5 is very slight." > The epicentre is believed to have been about 10 km > away from IMD's observatory on the northern Ridge. > > "In fact," says Shukla, "most of the tremors since > mid-March - March 18, March 28, two on April 5, > April 9 - have been within a few km of this Ridge > observatory." > > So, when they decided to put up - or rather, dig > down - temporary recording positions, they switched > the locations a bit and homed in on Pusa, Delhi > University's South Campus, the Rajghat area, Burari > and Bawana. > > IIT was dropped from the list. And, they're still > "thinking" of a sixth one in the India > Gate-Rashtrapati Bhavan area, the VIP area which > shook so much it triggered questioning on IMD's > abilities to monitor the small tremors. > > Now, if the tremors show signs of shifting base, > IMD can think of switching its observation positions > as well. But all this will only help scientists put > their finger on the pulse of the next quake, > pinpointing exact location and epicentre. No more, > since quakes cannot be forecast. > > So, perhaps, more important for a city sitting in > the middle of an earthquake-prone zone, is the news > that for the first time, the government itself is > setting out to map exactly which parts of Delhi are > safer than others. > > Now, it's Delhi's turn as the evaluation Centre > plans 600 instrument sites to record ground > vibrations and figure out what happens - or could > happen. > > However, what Delhi should be bothering about is > that the city has been sitting in this zone for a > long time, and the government doesn't seem to have > really bothered with monitoring the details of > safety. Till now. Even now, will the planners pay > heed? > > > > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash