Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan - 3.12.2007.pdf - PEACE Institute Charitable ...

HARD FACTS
Delhi is flood prone (1977,1978, 1988, 1995, 200..) – Needs inviolate Flood
Plains
Delhi is water scarce – Desperately requires ground water (more than 50% of
city’s needs) and hence needs inviolate flood plains for annual monsoonal
recharge of ground water
Delhi sits over an Earthquake fault line (Zone IV) – River bed in Delhi
is most vulnerable (According to Iyengar 2000, in a 50 yr window 1983 – 2033,
Delhi would experience PGA = .2 g ) – 893 ; 1505 ; 1720 ; 1803 ; 1842 ;
1905; 1956; 1960; 1966; 1991; 2001; 2005.
18.10.2007 - Mild tremor felt in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 18 - A mild quake measuring 3.6 on the Richter Scale was felt in the national capital
region at around 11.25 a.m. Thursday. There were no reports of casualties. Epicentre of the quake
was NOIDA. (http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/126422.html
26.11.2007- Quake of 4.6 on richter scale jolts NCR in the morning. Epicentre was Bahadurgarh.