Indias Star Television news said on Saturday the death toll from the powerful quake which devastated western India on Friday has risen to 8,000. 'We need the urgent help of the Irish public', said Ms Maura Quinn, Executive Director, UNICEF Ireland. An Indian man walks past through the rubble of several destroyed houses in the western Indian city of Bhuj on January 27, 2001, after a massive earthquake wreaked havoc across the region. UNICEF's emergency relief is ready on the ground to bring water tanks, medical supplies, drugs and shelter to the victims. The powerful earthquake that struck the Kutch area in Gujarat in January 2001 has been the most damaging earthquake in the last five decades in India, causing a large loss of life and property. UNICEF Ireland has launched an emergency appeal for the victims of the disaster. and by the Indian Medical Association and several other non-governmental. Many families were spending the holiday at home when the quake struck, bringing down older buildings in the western state of Gujarat and sending out tremors that could be felt around the country and beyond.Īt least eight people were killed and many injured in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh by the earthquake.Ī meteorological official in Karachi, the Sindh capital, said the earthquake measured 6.2 on the Richter scale and was also felt in several other Pakistani cities. Remains of hospitals in the earthquake ravaged areas of Gujarat in western. The Press Trust of India (PTI), quoting officials, has put the number of dead at 2,000 and rising. The quake, which rocked the western state of Gujarat, cast a tragic shadow over India's 51st Republic Day celebrations as hundreds of buildings crumbled. It is now feared more than 2,000 people died and 5,500 are missing after the worst earthquake to

Indian 2001 earthquake