AGARTALA, June 17 (TIWN): State administration and disaster management (NDRF) are maintaining to arrange mock drills to aware the people about the preventive measures to be taken at the time of any disaster, but all these insufficient trainings may go to vain as most of these buildings may completely collapse at the time of earthquake.

Besides, several high storied buildings are being constructed everyday flaunting rules which are a real threat at the time of earthquake.

Tripura is on the high risk of massive earthquake as it is situated on seismic zone-­V and has probability of occurrence earthquakes measuring more than 8 magnitudes on Richter scale. Though, it indicates massive collateral damage in the form of casualties and mass injuries but the state government is not taking any major preventive measure to manage in case of any natural disaster.

A recent survey found that the capital city- Agartala is uniquely positioned to render massive physical damage to the residents in any natural calamities like earthquakes above 6.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale occurs. Though, the state government has already identified 2,000 vulnerable buildings including but no proper preventive measure was adopted by the state government till date.

Despite these findings, at the time while the state government needs to take preventive measures, it is busy in scams and investing money in other illegal construction businesses. Recently, the state government remains busy over multiple issues of spurious drugs, atrocities against women, corruption, malfunctioning of PDS, chit fund, deterioration of law and order, underdevelopment of tribal people and deprivation of employees.

The uninterrupted rule seems to have taken a toll on the financial transparency of the Left Front administration in Tripura. Corruption in implementation of rural development schemes continues unabated.

According to the records of the Indian Meteorological Department, 41 earthquakes of 5.6 or lower magnitude have occurred within the coordinates 23.00­25.00ºN and 91.00­93.00ºE encompassing Tripura during the period 1970 to 2000. The city was severely damaged by an earthquake of 8.7 magnitudes in the year 1897 when the royal palace was also fully destroyed. Earthquakes of high magnitude over the last 200 years in the region are Earthquake of 10 January 1869 (Magnitude 7.5), Shillong plateau earthquake of 12 June 1897 (8.7), Srimangal earthquake of 1918 (7.6), Dubri earthquake of 1930 (7.1), Assam earthquake of 15 August 1950 (8.5).