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29 buildings to be demolished in Ahmedabad on Thursday

Dilip Gohil in Ahmedabad

The Ahmedabad municipal corporation will start demolishing 29 buildings, which were badly damaged in the earthquake on January 26 and which could collapse any time, from Thursday. The buildings will be rebuilt free cost by the state government.

The 68 Engineering Battalion of the Army has been called in to assist in the demolition.

Meanwhile, as an emergency measure, some government houses in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad will be provided rent-free to the quake-affected, for a year.

While 2159 houses will thus be provided in Gandhinagar, 460 houses will be provided in Ahmedabad. However, according to rough estimates, this number will be grossly inadequate since 131 buildings were completely destroyed on the first day of the quake itself, and 140 buildings were partially destroyed. So far, the number of buildings destroyed in the quake could run into thousands, it is felt.

On Wednesday, the Army pulled down three structurally damaged buildings -- Akshar Apartment, 15th Avenue Building and Amardeep Flats -- using detonators.

The buildings identified for demolition on Thursday are:
National Flats at Paladi
Siddh Sheela Flats at Vasana
Sharnam Flats at Vasana
Vrindavan Vihar at Vasana
Shraddha Flats at Vasana
Parihans near Jivraj Mehta Hospital
Chitavan Flats at Paladi
Shrifal Apartment at Paladi
Sheetal Baug at Paladi
Apollo Apartment at Paladi
Saheli Flats at Paladi
Chinai Baug Apartment near Law Garden
Parth Apartments, near Gulbai Tekera
Om Apartment at Azad Society, Ambavadi
Nayan Flats at Ambavadi
Padmashree Apartment near Gujarat University
Vishram Flats at Navrangpura
Rutwik Apartment near St Xavier's school
Rajavi Apartment near Naranpura
Urvi Flats near Ramnagar
Shivalya Flats near Sardar Patel Colony
Siddh Sheela Apartment near Godasar
Hill Park Apartment, F&G Block near Kakaria
Pujal Apartment near Mani Nagar
Shyam Apartment near Uttam Nagar Gardens
Modern Apartment, Mani Nagar
Ankur Apartment, Isanpur
Divya Laya Building, near Uttam Nagar Garden

There are still many buildings in the Auda area of Ahmedabad which need to be pulled down, and a survey of them is being done at present.

The Gujarat government has announced the setting up of an earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction fund to channelise all foreign aid and the government has decided to construct at least one lakh houses within one year to provide relief to those who have been affected.

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