Primarily non-structural damage were reported, says AREIDA
STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI: The Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers Association (AREIDA) had informed that the combination of shallow depth, short distance from the epicentre and high magnitude of Wednesday's quake has generated highly destructive seismic forces on the buildings in the State. "The impact of the earthquake was definitely in the heavy and devastating category. We have extensively surveyed the earthquake damage and find that these are primarily non-structural damage like wall cracks and the load-bearing RCC frame has performed well in all the buildings inspected. Wall...
Source: sentinelassam.com