1. A Mumbai–based NGO, TISS, had been associated with similar kind of surveys after the Gujarat earthquake and Asian tsunami.

2. Mumbai, September 20: Dance–bar ban: TISS–backed study reveals immediate housing is a major concern. «I was brought to Mumbai a year ago and forcibly made to work in dance bars.

3. SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 23: Even as various state agencies are busy calculating the damages caused to the life and property in the recent quake, University of Kashmir (UK) has decided to launch a parallel survey for damages in Uri and Tangdhar in collaboration with two non–governmental organisations Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Action Aid International (AAI). RELATED STORIES Earthquake halts J&K building boom Shops open shutters as Uri picks up pieces JK govt may not shift venue to Jammu PM pulls up Reddy for failing to hardsell Azad ‘‘The proposed survey will be primarily of academic importance,’’ the Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Abdul Wahid told The Indian Express. ‘‘However, the survey can also be used in long term rehabilitation of quake hit people by the state authorities’’. ‘‘The independent survey — which will count the death toll, both humans and animals, besides loss of property — is likely to be completed by the end of the year.

4. SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 23: Even as various state agencies are busy calculating the damages caused to the life and property in the recent quake, University of Kashmir (UK) has decided to launch a parallel survey for damages in Uri and Tangdhar in collaboration with two non–governmental organisations Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Action Aid International (AAI). RELATED STORIES Sonia calls Cong meet today on J&K switch, will talk to PM Quake knocked this Uri village off the map Now, Army plans floating bridge on LoC river, awaits Pak nod ‘‘The proposed survey will be primarily of academic importance,’’ the Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Abdul Wahid told The Indian Express. ‘‘However, the survey can also be used in long term rehabilitation of quake hit people by the state authorities’’. ‘‘The independent survey — which will count the death toll, both humans and animals, besides loss of property — is likely to be completed by the end of the year.