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1.5 lakh buildings in Delhi highly vulnerable to earthquake

New Delhi, Feb. 1 (PTI): There could be a disaster just waiting to happen in

seismically-sensitive Delhi, with the capital's more than 1.5 lakh residential

buildings being highly vulnerable to earthquake.

"Delhi falls under Seismic Zone IV. It has more than 1.5 lakh residential buildings

that are vulnerable to earthquake. Tremors of magnitude six to eight on the

Richter scale would leave them in shambles," National Seismic Adviser to

Government of India, Prof A S Arya said at a workshop on making buildings

quake-resistant here today.

In all, there are 34 lakh residential buildings in the capital, of which 1.23 lakh are

`kutccha' or not made of concrete and over 23 thousand are made of stone, both

of which are highly vulnerable to earthquake, Arya said. "The important thing is

the know-how of earthquake safety measures. People should know how they can

check their houses for earthquake safety and how they can get it done very

economically," he said.

The figures released by the Central Power Works Department show that

retrofitting costs between five to ten per cent of the actual building cost. Arya said

retrofitting is the process to upgrade the seismic resistance of an existing

building. "The Delhi Government has already taken the earthquake safety

initiative for five lifeline buildings with financial support from USAID and technical

help from Geohazards International," said Dhar Chakorbarty, Executive Director,

National Institute of Disaster Management.

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