Ground realities

Published October 8, 2006

Area: 30,000 sq km of rugged terrain

Population: 3.5 million, mostly in scattered villages

Communication: 6,400 km of destroyed road network

Education: 6,298 destroyed facilities

Health: 350 destroyed facilities

Water & sanitation: 3,994 schemes destroyed, water sources disrupted

Power: Most HT and LT networks damaged

Telecom: Most of the network damaged

Livelihood and social protection: All livelihood sources disrupted; thousands of cattle dead; thousands of widows, orphans and disabled persons

Environment:Hundreds of massive slides; millions of tons of rubble; damaged forests and watersheds

Destroyed buildings: 600,000 rural houses and 22,000 urban houses destroyed or damaged; 949 govt buildings affected

Source: Erra