'Buildings collapsed as we ran' SURVIVOR RETURNS FROM INDIA TO HELP CO-ORDINATE RELIEF WORK.Byline: PETER MAGILL A COVENTRY doctor who was in India when the earthquake struck and witnessed the devastation it caused has returned home to help co-ordinate relief efforts. GP Tribhovan Jotangia, aged 56, and his wife Sushila were in the town of Surat and saw buildings crumble crum·ble v. crum·bled, crum·bling, crum·bles v.tr. To break into small fragments or particles. v.intr. 1. To fall into small fragments or particles; disintegrate. and the death toll steadily rise. With the horrors of the disaster still fresh in his mind, Dr Jotangia, of the George Eliot Medical Centre, in Foleshill Road, will lend his support to SEWA SEWA Self-Employed Women's Association SEWA Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority International, of which he is a trustee. Back at his Cannon Park Cannon Park is a suburb in the south-west of the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England. It can be accessed via the major roads Kenpas Highway (A45) or Kenilworth Road. The area has a shopping centre of the same name which features food stores, shops and eateries. home Dr Jotangia recalled the moment the quake Quake - A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993. struck. "I was in the bathroom and I started shaking," he said. "I told my wife that I was feeling dizzy but she told me the whole room was shaking." They picked up their belongings and fled the hotel. A nearby building collapsed as they ran and they saw one man fall from a neighbouring building on to the street. The couple's hotel escaped the worst of the damage and Dr Jotangia and his wife escaped shaken but unscathed. They hired a taxi for the 400-mile trip to Bombay, clear of the quake area, and stayed with relatives. Within a short time, they heard that others had not been so fortunate. There was a nightmare wait before they heard that relatives and friends in neighbouring Jamnagar, Rajkot and Baruch, were safe. After flying back to Britain, armed with clippings from Indian newspapers, the GP has been able to outline the devastation to SEWA colleagues. He said: "Six large cities have been totally devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. and we need all the help we can get, from whatever source. If anyone can offer any kind of help, please get in touch. "Many people will need to be rehoused and it will be a very long and costly process. "It is the middle of the Indian winter now and most of these places are very cold so blankets are urgently needed." CAPTION(S): SAFE RETURN: Saturday's Evening Telegraph Evening Telegraph may refer to:
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