Earthquake Photos

When rebuilding, everyone should use the sturdy and reasonably priced homes pictured on this site:

http://www.calearth.org

We like to use these human document in our Bengali mouthpiece ‘RIJU ARANI’.
Words fail to express the deep impression.

Saumen Guha
Chief Editor

Hello,

These are excellent pictures. I’m helping to develop a rapid-response system to disastrous earthquakes like this one. This research is going to be published in our local institutional newspaper (Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, San Diego). I’d like to get permission to use the first image above from the source. Could the appropriate person e-mail me at walker@ucsd.edu? We need to get a response in the next few days.

Thank you very much,
Kris Walker

this~ web site hav many .. pictures..i was shoked of hear that in pakistan.. comes a earthquake..ohh..GOD save
us & our pepoles always pary of thems all..

we should get lesson that is given by God to us by these pictures this earthquake told us that we should follow the teachings of Islam.And we should say prayres five times a day and we should not do that works that are opposite of the teachings of Islam.

You can certainly capture the devastation.
We are a small Documenatry film company from Canada heading to Muzzafarabad.
My colleuge has just returned from there with Canadian Relief Foundation (CRF) “I can be a thousand times more useful with our camera than a needle” he says.
We will be filming the before and after affects of the devastation and the lack of media attention it is getting. With that in mind, the lack of support for rebuilding.
We would be looking at before pictures, if available,to include in the documentary.
Please give me your insight-we are here to help!
Stewart

salam
i was in islamabad at the time of earthquake.that time is unforgetable.total islamabad was wibrating .margala towers i seen from my eyes that seens were very very unforgetable.

Damages of Earthquake and People of Shangla NWFP Pakistan
It was morning of October 8, 2005 when a powerful and devastating earthquake struck the northern part of Pakistan causing major destruction and playing havoc with millions of lives. The affected areas were the Shangla, Mansehra, Bata gram, Kohistan, Abbotabad districts and four districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. More than 70,000 people lost their lives out of those 35,000 were children who were attending schools at that time. Most of the civil society infrastructure such as schools, colleges, roads, and hospitals were collapsed and destroyed. The Thousands of Kacha & Pacca dwelling houses are completely demolished, while others are partially damaged which are not fit for further use as these are dangerous and life risk is involved in their further use. Recent devastating earth quake badly affected almost whole population of the District in one or other shape.

The remote district of Shangla consists of scattered populations 554818 divided into tiny, mountain-top hamlets spread out across a vast area. Due the nature of this difficult terrain some areas are difficult to access by road. The number of total households is 53529 and average household size is 8 persons per family. The population density is 341 persons per square kilometer. Total area of the District is 1586 sq-Km (339614 Acres) in which 104672 Acres (31%) is cultivated and 109685 Acres (32 %) is forest. It consists of 2 Tehsils i-e Tehsil Alpuri and Puran with 44 Patwar Circles and 111 villages. The District comprises of 1 National, 2 Provincial Assembly Seats, 2 Tehsil Councils and 28 Union Councils. .
Shangla is a backward and tribal society where majority of the people live below the poverty line and are illiterate. Any one can estimate living standard of its people from a report recently issued by the government in which Shangla district was on top in ratio of poverty through out NWFP.

The literacy rate is 14.7% (25.2% in male & 3.7% in female). The government has so far been a big disappointment in changing the socio-economic conditions of the people and in this advanced technological age of the 21st century we are still lacking the basic infrastructure of the basic necessities of life.

District Shangla is full of natural resources like emerald, Marble, Chromites, Soap stone etc and there is a vast scope of investment and development. Similarly the area has a variety of fauna and flora like Markhur, Brown Bear, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Wolf, Pigeons, Monkeys, Chakor, and Dove etc. In flora medicinal plants like Banafsha, Tarkha, Unab, Mushkibala, white Rose and Mint etc are found in the area which are of great importance.

The inhabitants of the Shangla are deprived of basic needs, infrastructure, education, health, road and other facilities. The main road which connects Shangla with Swat and other parts of the country is in a very bad condition and it is difficult to drive over it.

Following is a data about Shangla district.

S.No Description Details
1. Total Area
1586 Sq-Km (339614 Acres)
2. Cultivated Area
104672 Acres (31%)
3. Un-Cultivated Area 234942 Acres (69%)
4. Forest
109685 Acres (32%)
5. Irrigated Land 7599 Acres (2%)
6. Non-Irrigated land 97073 Acres (29%)
7. Soil The soil of Shangla is very deep silt-loam
8. Population 554818 (2.5% of the total population of the NWFP.
9. Average growth rate in population 3.27% per year
10. Total Household 53529 (According to 1988 census)
11. Household size 8 persons per family.
12. Population Density 341 persons per Sq-Km.
13. Total No of Villages 111
14 Patwar Circles 44
15. Union Councils 28
16. Tehsils 2 i-e Alpuri & Puran
17. Literacy Rate 14.7% (25.2% in male & 3.7% in female)
18. Ratio of government employers 5.6%
19. Boundaries.
East: – District Batagram &Triable area of Kala Dhaka.
West: – District Swat. South: – District Buneer &Triable area of Kala Dhaka.
North: – District Kohistan.

The people of Shangla are known as being proudly independent and surviving for centuries in mountains. They occupy small stretches of agricultural land and accustomed to living on its produce while many people works in coal mines of Baluchistan, Sind and Punjab. The Ratio of government employers is 5.6%.
Recent devastating earth quake badly affected almost whole population of the District in one or other shape. This natural disaster took about thousands human lives, seriously injured many more persons. The climate in the region is cold with patches of moderate weather in summers. The inhabitants of Shangla district are lying under open sky in this cold severe weather on mercy of God. The worst affected areas in Shangla district are union councils Shahpur, Damori, Pirkhana, Koozkana, Maira, Shang, Dandai, Kormang, and Sarkool.

UNION COUNCIL WISE DETAILS OF DAMAGES:
The breakdown of population and estimated number of affected families in badly affected areas of district Shangla given below.
S.No Union Council Population Total Household NO of Household affected % of affected Household
1. Shahpur 20528 2566 2052 80%
2. Damori 13907 1760 1050 60%
3. Pirkhana 22325 2826 1400 50%
4. Koozkana 10368 1312 500 40%
5. Maira 12800 1622 1500 90%
6. Shang 10917 1418 1000 70%
7. Dandai 11926 1662 1500 80%
8. Sarkool 19309 2413 1700 70%
9. Kormang 9843 1278 900 70%
10. Bunerwal 14398 1800 900 50%
11. Chakisar 16974 2122 1050 50%
12. Behlool Khel 20475 2409 1450 60%
13 Kamach Nusrat Khel 17536 2063 1450 70%

IMMEDIATE MEASURES REQUIRED:
. While keeping in mind agonies of the earth quake victims their first immediate requirement is CGI sheets and cements for reconstruction of their houses.
Secondly they required health facilities i-e MCH centers/Hospitals, Free medicines
Thirdly they need vocational training centers and professional skill for their sustainable development.
There fore I request the world community, NGOs and donor agencies that Keeping in view low standard of living of its people lack of infrastructure severe cold winter separate geography and damages of devastating earth quake the people of Shangla District Shangla donate generously for reconstruction of educational institutes, health centers, vocational centers, streets, roads and other facilities in the earthquake affected areas of Shangla district on humanitarian basis, Because it require immediate attention for its sustainable development, reconstruction and rehabilitation.

SULTAN ROME
ADVOCATE HIGH COURT
GENERAL SECRETARY
SHANGLA DISTRICT BAR ASSOCIATION
AT ALPURI, DISTRICT SHANGL,
NWFP PAKISTAN
E-mail sultan_shangla@yahoo.com
Ph # +92996850885 (Office)
+92996885488 (Residence)

Sir,

I am Diploma Holder in Civil and working on Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway M1 project. I offer myself to Earthquake areas where technical staff required.

Thanks

Hello to All,
Underground Media Revolution: The Webzine, has recently showcased its project in the rememberance of the 2005 Pakistani Earthquake Vicitms.

Do check out the section at:
http://www.umrevolution.com/dad.html

Thanking you
Talha A Khan

its totally heat full it a big disaster that nature has taken callit vry hard way of nature no one like it tosee again this tipe of disaster its a heavy way to for get itcoming arina and in future pakistani willhave to forget it all thou it is tough to do so but for living they hav to do so

This was a terrible disaster that have ever seen in history of Quake. So many human lives burried in demolished buildings. Most pinching aspect of this quake was innocent school going angels and university students who will never come back to their mothers. Who sent them to learn but they have become the past. No one knew that how many mothers lost there childern and how many childern have lost there parents. This Gap of generation disaster will never be filled for many years

REST IN PEACE AMIN !!

Very Very Sad

Very big disaster, many human lives burried in demolished buildings.
its very sad.

Hi I belong to Mangal Chai Gadoon of swabi disst.Im very sad about the people of Hazara,I hv best wishes for the effected people of Earth quoick of oct 2005.

this very sad we will remember u!!!!!! /:(

…It is so saddening, even so many years later. The memory
of all the earthquake victims will remain in our hearts forever. It
is so hard to get on with life ever since this happened, everytime
I think of pakistan, the first that comes to mind is the
destroyed buildings, even three years later. I hope and pray that we
all do our best to help the victims of the 2005 earthquake.

it is a terrible disaster millions of people lost their lives, homes and everything we pray 2 god that our country Pakistan will save from these natural disasters. (amen))

I have established a dialysis centre since feb 2006 for effectives of earthquake in Rawalpindi I want ot affilated this centre with NGO who can support in this regard and help the poor patient

aslamoalikum everyone in pakistan recollecting 8oct2005 i can easily rate that horrible day as one of the most terrible and aweful day of my life i was working as honorary medical officer in neurosurgery dept aiesnd at the same day three of our collegues drahsan aurangzeb ,dr kashif, and dr adnan were at leave so it was upto me and professor sajjid nazir bhatti head of dept to deal with massive casualties of earthquake victims almost 60percent of whome had head and spinal injuries.my first case would you believe it or not was one of my best friend drsherkhan from gilgit .he sustained severe head injury while jumping from the window of his room on the top of m.o hostel[amc].i was destined to see his horrible jump because just at the neck of time that i was running out of the gate of hoste i heared the most drizzling sound and as i turned to my right i saw something pounding just at the bay of hostel gate all of a sudden he was fully drenched with blood oozing of his nose mouth eyes and ears.i wqas so shocked that my legs got cramped and i forgot for a while what has happened
i started crying for help but everyone was so frightened that they could only watch at last dr shahzaman who is also gilgitti we took him and in the outskirts of amc under a tree i examined him and found that he had to be dealt with a team of ortho/neuro/ent surgeons as he had depressed nasal maxillary and skull fractures with almost all long bones fractures.but amzingly had glasgow coma scale 14/15 and intact vertebral column.after that we were recieving terront of casualties loaded in all sorts of vehicles including trucks and tractors like sacks of flour and curtains of items .thanks to the generous public and doctors all over pakistan who came and ehlped us in many many ways.whatever we needed at that time and those critical moments we had them all. after dealing all the victims for almost three weeks emergency was over and we retuned back to our wards but every day we could feel aftershocks and many a day patients could be droven out in the eve of earthquake returning back in shart it was very testing to control and manage and treat our patients.after that i joined mercy corps and worked as team leader for 5 months and during this time i experienced the real image of this disaster .working with an ngo was a pleasant experience but at times i could not control my emotions to see many peaple homeless and having lost thier dear and near ones.at this point i have to stop and i do not want to go in to further details as my heart is still beating fast while recollecting those scenes i pray to allah to bless all those families who suffered and to grant them with patience and prosperity once again.yours sincere dr.amanullah afghani.

I WAS SHOKED AND DISHEARTED WHEN I HEARED THIS “BAD NEW”. . . WELL IN FRONT OF MY EYES IT WAS DEADLY CURSE . . . IT WAS OUTPUT FROM ALMIGHTY ALLAH IN RESULT OF OUR INPUTS OR DEADS…. IT IS GIVING US ADVICE OF BEING TRUE MUSLIM… THAT’S IT… IN LAST I WANNA PRAY FOR ALL OF US; MAY ALLAH PROTECT SOULS OF THEM WHO GOT MARTYRDUM AND MAY MY MAULA SAVE ALLL MUZLIS FROM ACCIDENT’S LIKE THIS.. AMEEEN SUMM AMEEN ILAHI AMEEN