[Assam] NIT Silchar will get a hi-tech earthquake research centre

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

NIT Silchar will get a hi-tech earthquake research centre 


 July 2: The tremor-prone Barak Valley will get a hi-tech earthquake research centre, to be built on the campus of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Silicoorie near Silchar.

The Union ministry of science and technology has cleared a proposal for the centre, which will be the first such institute in the Northeast to be exclusively devoted to the study of earthquakes.

NIT Silchar has been asked to prepare a feasibility report on this proposed Seismic Activities Research Centre. Delhi will provide Rs 25 crore for it.

Sources said the Centre was keen on building the institute in Cachar since it was the focal point of the tremor-prone Northeast.....more
 
 
details here: http://borakvalley.blogspot.com/2008/07/nit-silchar-will-get-hi-tech-earthquake.html