Day 26 January 2001: The Black day of Gujarat Dwarak On this day in 2001, sirens wailed and traffic The massive earthquake killed between 14 000 came to a standstill and people observed two and 20 000 people, damaged over 1.2 million minute-silence a total of 184 students, 18 houses, and affected almost 8000 villages in teachers and two police constables were killed at Gujarat, west India. More than 3000 health the chowk when the quake rocked Gujarat facilities were destroyed, including a 281 bed claiming over 18,000 lives, rendering lakhs district hospital, a 16 bed mental hospital at homeless and flattening several towns. Bhuj, and 239 health centres.as the clock struck 8.46 am, the time when the killer quake struck. A TO Z INDIA ● FEBRUARY 2022 ● PAGE 11