New Delhi, May 12 -- The town of Bhuj, in the Kutch area of Gujarat state and scores of smaller places literally collapsed at 0852 hours on 26 January 2001, being the eipcentre of a 7.9 Richter-scale earthquake. In the tragic aftermath, tens of thousands of people were killed.

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