Its epicentre was in Bhuj, and strong tremors reached upto Delhi in the north and Bombay in the south. The last official death toll has been 1500 and contless people have been injured, and been left homeless.
Communications are down and news is trickling in, in bits and pieces.
The actual damage will only be known after a few days but the situation appears very bad. Our club has decided to spearhead a fundraising drive in the Rotary world and therefore I am writing to you. Our club has pledged Rs. 50,000. Also a door to door fundraising drive in town will commence from Sunday from which we hope to collect an equivalent amount. I will greatly appreciate it if you ask your clubmates and non-rotarian friends to contribute to our fund.