THE NEW QUETTA

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 87, 9 October 1935, Page 13

THE NEW QUETTA

TO COST SIX MILLIONS

,';; X learn that the rebuildiaig of Quetta, "/laid waste by the earthquake of May - 31, with the loss -of 30,000 lives, will probably cost about £6,000,000 (tele-•*-graphs the Simla correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph")/ 0; This, I understand, is the estimate given.. Biit.it is emphasised that an -: ~i accurate figure cannot yet be given. '■'- The Reconstruction Committee has 3^ now completed its report. It is be"'ilieved that it recommends the refo Building of the ; military .base, with .o earthquak&proof buildings. The.extra cost of making the buildings earth-quake-proof, will be offset by the use ,■ of lighter and cheaper materials. ■ J Pending a Government, decision on the question of rebuilding the town, .a preliminary examination of the ■'quantity of material required is being made. It is intended; if the Government approves, to begin work in April. In the official report on the disaster ,;, issued by the. India Office the view was expressed that further earth- , quakes in the Quetta region were unlikely "for a long time to come." Ex- , perts ; consider that toe earthquake has > relieved the accumulated strains in'the Socks of the area.