More than 50 per cent are not aware that their home is earthquake prove or not?
Is your home have earthquake resistant or not?
If someone will ask to you that your home have earthquake resistant or not? So what will be your answer? Still confused about answer? Well than you are not alone at all because there are many more like you, who don’t know that their home have earthquake resistant structure or not. According to recent survey, which was conducted by Magicbricks, currently more than 50 per cent people are in all over the country who don’t know that their homes or buildings are earthquake resistant or not.
Nepal earthquake was shacked the Indians too and now they want to take the required precautions because that earthquake has shaken the people of all over the world as we all notice that causalities are increasing day by day. We can say that this natural disaster was just a reminder that in past few years how much advance we become, in short we can say that there is only little which we can do to save our lives at the time of any natural disaster. However; there are some precautions which we can take to minimize the loss or damage caused in such situations.
In the recent survey of Magicbricks, it’s clear that more than 50 per cent of the respondents are not aware about the kind of their home i.e., there home is earthquake resistant or not? After this fact it’s clear that we all have put our lives for granted. The same survey further added that about 35 per cent of the people said their home are have not earthquake resistant technology whereas; about 9 per cent people said their homes have earthquake resistant technology. The uncertainty of knowledge can be the dangerous state of affairs on the time of earthquake because it can cause the huge damage. People are not aware about the fact of earthquake resistant technology because at the time of property deal they didn’t thought it in the compliance of the building. As per the statement of Rahman Baigh, who is the Principal Architect at Evolve Architecture Studio, “On the time of housing deal, ideal buyer must know and ask about the detailed structural plan as well as the about the certification of seismic compliance from non-other than an authorized structural engineer. Whereas; most of the people are content with the architectural plan which was basically provided by the real estate developer and due to that buyer never bother to get the details”. The more he added that most of the time real estate developers in India do not follow earthquake resistance technology with standard procedure which was set by Bureau of Indian Standards because its need an additional cost.
In this kind of scenario, it’s the responsibility of buyers to ensure that our home or buildings are safe from any kind of earthquake and other natural disaster. It’s sad but true that only 3 per cent of the respondents in the survey stated that they have an earthquake resistance technology in their home. Now it indicates that we are not prepared to face another earthquake, but also we are insured to handle any kind of post calamity damage. In present when we are so much active to get the health insurance and other covers such as; vehicles insurance and more, we should start to protect our homes from such kind of disasters.
5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Assam
