Their place was soon taken over by hundreds of other such workers who migrated from Ahmedabad and other places in Gujarat as relief material from across the world began to reach Kutch. It was these people who started complaining against the alleged irregularities and discrimination in relief distribution. As these locally created controversies erupt, Kutchis have begun to pick up the threads of life. In Anjar, for instance, the new locality developed after the 1968 killer quake, was spared the brunt of the quake. In Bhuj, and other places, roads, lanes and bylanes have largely been cleared and power supply restored in most places.
Water supply is available either through the tap or tankers.
Power supply was restored quickly as nearly 1,00,000 electric poles, uprooted by two cyclones, were all newly-erected and withstood the quake. The quake, however, seems to have paid handsome dividends for Kutch. Scientists are already debating whether the Republic Day upheaval has regenerated the Indus and the mythical Saraswati river systems in the Rann, which were believed to have disappeared due to similar gigantic geological changes in the past. The Divide Can astrologers correctly predict earthquakes. T.K. Dutta and Ajai Bhambi argue it out.