 | | | | |  Inside Out - Yorkshire & Lincolnshire: Monday October 17, 2005 | | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SPECIAL | Rebuilding the infrastructure of towns is a huge challenge.
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We look at how Yorkshire and Lincolnshire is responding to the disaster of the South Asia earthquake. Many of the region's businesses are planning to help rebuild some of the worst affected areas in Pakistan. In Bradford, plans are already being drawn up to help re-build the areas hardest-hit by the earthquake. Businessmen are preparing to help restore the infrastructure of towns and villages where normal life has been completely disrupted. | KEY CONTACTS | The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)
DEC Asia Quake Appeal, PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA. Donation line - 0870 60 60 900
High Commission of Pakistan Helpline - 07946 476 616 / 020 7664 9284 International Committee of the Red Cross
Missing persons tracing team - 0845 053 2004 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
020 7008 0000.
The Samaritans
Support to anyone in emotional distress. 08457 90 90 90 (UK) or send an email to jo@samaritans.org |
The move comes are businessmen in Bradford realised that there was an urgent need for a "second phase" to the relief effort, once the immediate emergency of the dead and injured has been dealt with. Inside Out reports on a scheme to take kit-form houses to a region where whole communities will need to be re-built. Links relating to this story:The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites | | | Free email updates | Keep in touch and receive your free and informative Inside Out updates.
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