Need to verify Mega Earth quake Warning: Renzu Shah

SRINAGAR, KMW News :- The US based seismologist Roger Bilham’s Warning that Mega Earth quake can cause devastation needs to be verified and people of Valley need not to panic said Director Information J&K.Mean while the Kashmir based experts recommend the state government to undertake micro-seismic zoning in the Valley to minimize loss of human lives in case of any such eventuality.The study conducted by Roger Bilham, a seismologist and professor of Geology at the University of Colorado at Boulder US, states that the major quake with magnitude 9 is likely to trigger landslides that would dam the Jhelum river, which drains from the Kashmir Valley into Pakistan.”
Director Information Khawaja Farooq Renzu told KMW News that the such report 0f American based scientist, no conclusion can be made un less the national metrological and Disaster Management department and experts endorse this imaginery survey report. Director Information said , He further said that 9 magnitude earth quake prediction has cuased un necessary panic among the people of valley there fore he advised these scientists to get their reports further verified before giving it to media. Director Information said that Last year in July 2010 similar report was issued about disasterous earh quake prediction in East Turkistan and Kashgar similar Survey was published in media according to which entire belt of kashgar and east Turkistan was predicted to be erased out of world map as a result devastating earth quake .He said Chinese authorities controlling east Turkistan and kashgar in the garb of this threat survey ,demolished precious centuary old heritage buildings in Kashgar. It is really lamentable that Kashgar authorities instead of verifying the survey report misused the same for destroying centuary old high cultural sites of great saints in the kashgar and precious heritage buildings were un necessary demolished. He there fore while talking to KMW News on this topic advised the alarming survey reort of American based scientist with regard to 9 magnitude richter scale eatrh quake report should be verifieded and analyzed by concerned experts before created any panic or human cry. When contacted officials associated with Disaster Management Cell of Kashmir refused to comment on the issue.