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Army seals off Anjaar, all 35,000 residents feared dead: PTI

The military has cordoned off the town of Anjaar, where there's no living being anywhere in sight.

A taluka official said the extreme step has been taken as the entire town with population of 35,000 has been reduced to mounds of rubble. About 1000 bodies have been recovered so far, and a mass funeral is expected to be conducted soon.

Meanwhile, electricity and communication lines are being partially restored in the town which was near the epicentre of the killer quake on Republic Day.

After five days of living in dread, Bhuj and the adjoining New Anjaar town came out of darkness late on Tuesday night with streets and some houses getting power around 10 pm.

Bhuj's main Bhanushali telephone exchange succeeded in restoring a few important lines like those to the district collector, makeshift hospitals and Kutch Mitra, the town's only newspaper office.

The people, after spending four nights in makeshift shelters and tents, dared to venture indoors but many of them chose to sleep in the tents.

Meanwhile, rescue and relief operations are continuing in other areas of Kutch like Bachchau, Rapar, Mandavi, Apdasa, Samakhyari, Gandhidham and Kandla port.

The chances of retrieving anybody alive were fast diminishing, taluka officials have said.

PTI

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