(From Nature 136, No: 3449, 907) :
The Bihar earthquake of 1934 and the Quetta earthquake of the present year have shown the need for an
Earthquake Research Institute in India on the same lines as which has done such admirable work in Japan.
Culture and Science issue (1, 233, 274, 288; 1935) has several paragraphs on the subject. A commitee of the
Geological Survey, consisting of Dr. A.M.Haren, Mr. W.D.Westand J.B. Auden, has drawn up a list of Indian
stations at which it is desirable that seismographs should be erected. This list was communicated to the council
of the National Institute of Sciences, India and it was agreed that the Institute should urge the Government to
instal instruements at the places mentioned. The Council had also appointed a sub committee- Dr S.Banerji,
DrM.N Saha, Dr. N.R.Sen, and Mr. D.N.West (secretary) - to advice the Institute on seismological questions,
and it was that the subcommittee might afterwards be merged into an Indian National Commission for the
study of earthquakes. It is satisfactory to learn from the daily Press that the Government is contempting
the appointment of such a commistion.
Buckingham Canal:
The maximum run up of Tsunami was 5 m at Nagapatanam and minimum of 2 m at Vizianagaram (Bogapuram) in the East Coast of India (Ramalingeswara Rao, 2004).
Based on the field investigations on the heights of Tsunami surge and damages, along the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and a part of Chennai (India), it is inferred that the run up of Tsunami was ineffective to engulf thousands of fishermen families because of a part of Buckingham Canal about 310 km of length exists 1-2.5km away all along the Bay of Bengal sea coast as reported
0 The Buckingham Canal was dug parallel, about 1-2.5 km away from the sea coast (Bay of Bengal) in a way to get sea water to maintain a constant water level in the canal through the pre-existing creeks during high tides on full moon days; the width of the canal is 30 m and its depth 10 m, its dimension got considerably changed due to acqua culture debris etc. at different locations of canal in Andhra Pradesh.
The excess of floodwater is released in to the Buckingham Canal by opening of the lockers (gates) through the water channel on the western side of the Buckingham Canal.
This work was appreciated by Dr.D.Balasubramanyan Director,LV Prasad Eye Hospital.
He published in Hindu as a speaking science with people.The link was given below.
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Appriciation E-mail from USGS on "seisinfo-india.org" website.
From: "GS-N-MCMC ESIC"
To: brrao_buddha@yahoo.com
CC: archive_ask@usgs.gov, mcmcesic@usgs.gov
Subject: Re: New Web site on Indian Earthquakes
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:02:31 -0600
Dr.B.Ramalingeswara Rao,
I have explored your new web site on Indian Earthquakes
and found it very well organized and informative, it was
easy to move around your site and it contains lots of insightful information.
I found the whole experience enlightening and enjoyable.
Thank You
Frank Oehring
U.S. Geological Survey
Science Information and Library Services
1400 Independence Road, Mail Stop 231
Rolla, MO 65401
Toll Free: 888-ASK-USGS
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