Earthquake

1) The morning of 8th October 2005. 2) A saga of sadness showing de astating condition a!! around. ") The northern #art of $akistan was the h%#ocenter. &) 'e!ief measurement 5) (oreign agencies and )*O troo#s came to aid $akistan. +ince time immemoria! E#idemics ha e cause a !ot of !oss. ,e see that wor!d is e-#eriencing such disastrous natura! #rocesses !ike f!ood. earthquake. tornado. which can change the who!e and entire situation. Of a!! these. earthquake is one of the disastrous e#idemics. /t has caused a !ot of damage in the wor!d. 0an% countries ha e horrib!e histor% of earthquake. +ince the creation of $akistan. it has not seen such a monstrous and disastrous earthquake as it was in October !ast. /t was 8th October when on +aturda% #eo#!e were sti!! tr%ing to come out of their beds and some ha e gone to their office and #!ace of work. 1hi!dren went to their schoo!s. The% were !istening to their teachers in the first #eriods when a!! of sudden the earth began to shake and the roofs of the houses. offices. hos#ita!s. schoo! and co!!eges co!!a#sed. A!! grand bui!dings became debris. That moment is unforgettab!e in the histor% of $akistan. This is the worst e er earthquake. This was the massi e destruction. The quake was so 2o!ting that its measurement on 'ichter sca!e was 3.4. /t was de asting earthquake. which caused a great !oss of both !ife and #ro#ert%. The !oss is be%ond measurement. According to officia! figure. a!most 80000 #eo#!e died and more than one and ha!f !ac in2ured. +ome of them ha e cri##!ed for who!e of their !ife. There was !oss of !i es. !i estock. and #ro#ert%. be%ond the bear of the #eo#!e. According to a sur e% more than fi e bi!!ion do!!ars is needed to norma!i5e the situation in the area. $eo#!e of the northern area were hit worst. A!! houses in the area turned to rubb!e. 6a!akot. 0u55afarabad. Abbotabad. betgram.7ari 8abibu!!ah. 6ata! were the cities which were #resenting the death and destruction scene. 0arg!a Tower in /s!amabad was the highest bui!ding. which co!!a#sed. and a !ot of causa!ities ha##ened. There was scene of death and destruction e er%where. $eo#!e were cr%ing and screaming e er%where. 0an% women and chi!dren were under the debris and cr%ing for he!#. 6ut there was no one who cou!d he!# them. /t took man% da%s to c!ear the debris. 0an% foreign and nationa! organi5ations took #art in the rescue o#eration. The !oss was be%ond estimation. as a!! houses. schoo!s. hos#ita!s and grand bui!dings turned to wreckage. Tsunami was the biggest tornado but $eo#!e forgot Tsunami due to its magnitude. There are man% reasons of earthquake. +ome scientist sa%s that earth is based on se en #!ates when these #!ates co!!ide with one another the earthquake ha##ens. +ome inter#ret it re!igious!%. The% sa% it is the anger of 7od. ,hen #eo#!e are mora!!% degraded and ethica!!% !owered then earthquake shakes the earth. 'e!ief work has been done b% different agencies. There was a need of great he!#. $akistani nation shares with what e er the% had. 0edicine. c!othes. mone%. food baked unbaked was recei ed from different #art of $akistan. +ti!! work of rehabi!itations is in #rogress. *ew houses are being made for them. +choo!s hos#ita!s are being made. $resident of #akiatan set u# a re!ief fund for this ca!amit%. A s#ecia! force is a!so set u# to co#e with such ca!amities. The )*O dec!ared it the worst traged% of the centur%. /t a!so sent its troo#s to he!# earthquake ictims A conference was he!d in /s!amabad where different countries ga e funds to $akistan to rehabi!itate the #eo#!e of $akistan. The wor!d ga e mone% and he!# generous!%. *ow after this great horrib!e ca!amit% $akistan has set u# disaster management committee to co#e with such situations Bright Future College Muridke