Earthquake

In 2004, just two months before I was due to visit Bangladesh, the tsunami struck causing devastation. And now, more devastation. An earthquake has hit the NE Himalayas. The epicentre of the quake, measured at 6.3 on the Richter scale, was just inside Bhutan’s border with India. The tremors caused panic in Guwahati, Assam. My first port of call in the Seven Sister States.




My contact and his family live in an Assamese village where there are no tall buildings, so they are safe. Thank goodness.