With this town of 150,000 people almost razed to the ground, the humanitarian toll is still not clear, but officials fear thousands of people are probably trapped or dead under the rubble, and thousands more injured. People are out in the street, looking for friends and relatives, grieving for those they know have died.
People are confused and in a real state of shock.
There's no communications, no electricity, no running water and very little food available. Markets collapsed in the quake and were looted, and most shops are closed. Few people are being rescued alive, while 2,000 bodies have been recovered. Local officials estimate that 25,000 people may lie buried under rubble in the state of Gujarat,and some 33,000 people have been inured in Bhuj alone. An Indian Red Cross team has gone to Bhacau to assess the situation.