News - January - 2001 - BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Appeal India Earthquake 2001

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Earthquake Victims Rehabilitation Project
Inspirer: HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Past major relief activities by BAPS:
Latur earthquake 1993
Kachchh cyclone 1998
Orissa cyclone 1999

BAPS has worked out the plan for the permanent rehabilitation of the earthquake victims. It has planned to adopt 8 villages in Kachchh district. Some of the facts of this plan are as follows:
Some of the information presented here may change over the period of time.

Plans For The Relief And Rehabilitation Of Earthquake Victims In Gujarat, 2001

1.	Villages Adopted	Total of 8 villages, 1,157 families
2.	Housing
	Internal infrastructure	Electricity, kitchen with utensils, furniture and more.
	External infrastructure	House, tank, hall, temple, road, etc. Electricity using underground cables
3.	Environment	Water purification plants
	Fresh water	Water tanks in every village
	Fresh air	Tree plantation – 200 in each village
4.	Education	Schools and kindergartens 5 classrooms Classes being held in our camps for 10^th /12^th
5.	Health	Basic Primary Health Centers in all adopted villages Polyclinic in Bhuj Psychological health also important
6.	Why BAPS?	Existing network since past 50 years People trust us, will co-operate and work side by side

Section 1 : Villages Adopted

BAPS plans to begin their rehabilitation efforts to house 1,157 families in the Kachchh and Saurashtra regions. We will be adopting 8 villages where we fulfill their needs for all structures – from individual houses to water tanks to community halls. The list of villages which BAPS is adopting is as follows:

No.	Village	Sub-District, District	Number of Families (Population)
Adopted Villages:
1.	Devisar	Bhuj, Kachchh	51
2	Ukhadmora	Bhuj, Kachchh	88
3	Nana Khirsara	Anjar, Kachchh	82
4	Jiyapar	Anjar, Kachchh	287
5	Gunatitpur ( Dhrangawadi)	Bhachau, Kachchh	112
6	Nani Mau		31
7	Garia	Vankaner, Rajkot	256
8	Modhpar		250
	TOTAL FAMILIES		1,157

Facilities to be built by BAPS in adopted villages:

No.	Structure	Numbers to be built
1	House	As per Population – One per family
2	Primary school & Kindergarten	One per village. Each school to have minimum five classrooms, maximum ten classrooms
3	Roads	Roads to be built in each village
4	Water Tank	One per village
5	Water Stand	Minimum of one per village, may be more as per population of village
6	Panchayat Office	One per village
7	Primary Health Center	As per size of the village
8	Bus Stand	As per need – depending on bus route
9	Community Hall	As per size of the village
10	Temple	One per village
11	Underground Electricity Cables and street lights	In each village, as per size of village
12	Shops and Kiosks	As per need and size of village

Section 2 : Housing

BAPS has designed the houses to be built, taking into account the following factors :

Specific usage and customs of the local populace

Earthquake resistance and nonfatal designing

Seasons – harsh winters and summers to be borne by the structure

Size of the families

Following is the detail of houses to be built by BAPS:

	Houses	Village / District	Number of houses
1	New Houses in adopted villages	8 villages	1157
2	New Houses	Bhuj city	400
3	Repairs to old houses	Surendranagar	350
4	Repairs to old houses	Limbdi	90
5	Repairs to old houses	Dhrangadhara & Halvad	150
6	Repairs to old houses	Other scattered locations	150
	Total Houses		2297

New Houses :

Three different sizes of new houses will be constructed, to accommodate small and large families, from 2 persons to 7 persons per family.

The size and cost of these houses will be as follows:

No.	Size	Model & Plan
1	30 sq. mt. (333 sq.ft.)	Scheme 1
2	40 sq. Mt. (430 sq.ft.)	Scheme 2
3	50 sq. Mt. (538 sq.ft.)	Scheme 3

The infrastructure to be provided as part of our construction services for houses will include internal and external infrastructure.

A. Internal Infrastructure to be provided in each house:

Earthquake Resistant Design (Refer Enclosed Design Drawing)
Electricity
Light (Fan if Needed)

B. External Infrastructure to be provided in the adopted village

Water Tank, Water Stand, Water Purification System
Roads
Underground Electricity Cables

Section 3 : Environment

Fresh water:

Water Tanks with ground water supply in each village. Each of the villages has a high enough water table to supply drinking water for all families.

Water purification plants are being supplied to the villages where there is a need to purify water before drinking

Fresh air:

Tree plantation – We will be planting 200 trees per village, mostly marking the boundaries of public places such as the school, the water tank and other such structures.

Section 4 : Education

Schools will be built in all the adopted villages.

Facilities like a blackboard, chairs and benches, a playground, space for a library will be provided.

We will be focusing on the construction of Primary schools and Kindergartens. These would have an average of 5 classrooms per village, costing approximately Rs. 540,000 per school. Each classroom would be 25 feet x 25 feet (approx. 7.5 mts x 7.5 Mts.) , and have a capacity of seating around 40 to 50 children.

Section 5 : Health

Medical attention will be administered through a primary health center (PHC) in each village. The health center will have the facilities to handle all basic medical needs, including first aid and non-surgical procedures.

We also intend to set up a multi specialties hospital at Bhuj by our team of dedicated doctors and paramedics.

Facilities will include:

Out Patient Department (OPD) :Gynecology, Pediatric, General Medicine, General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Skin & Venereal Diseases (VD), Psychiatry, Urology, Nephrology, Ayurvedic (Traditional Indian herbal system of medicine), Homeopathy, Physiotherapy

Indoor Department : 50 bed indoors will accommodate : 10 medical patients, 10 gynecology and obstetrics patients, 10 surgical patients, 10 pediatric patients,10 ICCU / ICU / NICU patients

Other facilities:

X Ray Department	Sonography	Echocardiography with Color Doppler	Respirator	EEG
Attendance recording system	Pathology Lab with autoanalyzer	Ophthalmic examination unit	Treadmill Test	Pharmacy
Ambulance service	Two Operation Theaters	Labor room with Neonatal unit	Pulmonary function test	Canteen
Blood Bank	Medical waste disposal system	CSSD - Central Sterilization Unit	Computer system	ECG
Central Oxygen and suction system

Further medical services for district of Bhuj

1	Two mobile dispensaries for surrounding rural areas
2	Diagnostic Camps for surrounding rural areas (Skin, Dental, Ophthalmic, ENT, Diabetes, Hypertension, Cardiac)
3	Reference system for further treatment at Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot, Jamnagar etc.
4	Guidance and follow-up for super speciality institution for cardiac, cancer and kidney diseases

Section 6: Why BAPS?

Existing network since past 50 years

We have a network of more than 50,000 volunteers, actively involved in many social activities

Experience of more than 25 years of Relief Work

1979 flooding of Morbi, through the Latur earthquake and the Kandla cyclone - BAPS has been at the forefront of relief operations

People trust us, will co-operate and work side by side

The total trust of one million devotees

Reputation as a socially active, honest organization

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