400 children buried

AHMEDABAD, JAN. 27. About 400 school children, who were participating in a procession on the occasion of the Republic Day, were trapped under the debris of falling houses in Anjar taluk of Kutch district in yesterday's earthquake.

The Chief Minister said only a few children escaped from the falling debris of houses, which collapsed at the time of earthquake, when they were passing through a lane.

He said operations were on to rescue the children. About 50 children were buried when their school building collapsed even as they were participating in a republic day function in Ahmedabad. Operations were on to bring them out.

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