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Amul Relief Trust

A devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Gujarat, India on January 26, 2001. Thousands were killed, tens of thousands injured, and hundreds of thousands left homeless. In response, the GCMMF formed a relief organization called the Amul Relief Trust (ART) in 2001, donating 50 million rupees to reconstruct school buildings damaged in Kutch district. The Trust rebuilt 6 schools in Kutch at a cost of 41.1 million rupees, with 4 schools reopening in the last two academic years and the remaining 2 reopening in the current session.

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Amul Relief Trust

A devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Gujarat, India on January 26, 2001. Thousands were killed, tens of thousands injured, and hundreds of thousands left homeless. In response, the GCMMF formed a relief organization called the Amul Relief Trust (ART) in 2001, donating 50 million rupees to reconstruct school buildings damaged in Kutch district. The Trust rebuilt 6 schools in Kutch at a cost of 41.1 million rupees, with 4 schools reopening in the last two academic years and the remaining 2 reopening in the current session.

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A devastating earthquake (Richter scale ± 7.9) hit Gujarat on 26th January 2001. The epicenter of the quake was
located in Kutch district. It caused death of thousands of people, tens of thousands were injured, hundreds of
thousands were rendered homeless and damage of billions of Rupees was done.

GCMMF formed a specific organization named


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in 2001 with a donation of Rs. 50 Millions for reconstruction of the school buildings damaged in the 2001
earthquake in the Kutch area.

The Trust reconstructed 6 schools damaged by the above earthquake at a cost of Rs. 41.1 millions in Kutch area.
Four of these schools started re-functioning from the last two academic sessions and the other two schools from
the current session.

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