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The massive earthquake of October 8 has seeded fear among residents in New Delhi\u2019s new high-rise apartments. But experts say the real worry is the city\u2019s patchwork of illegal homes. <\/p>\n

Newspapers and television networks reported how thousands of residents of apartment blocks around New Delhi panicked after an earthquake that measured 7.6 on the Richter scale swayed the multi-storey buildings on Saturday.<\/p>\n

But Subir Saha, director of New Delhi\u2019s School of Planning and Architecture, said the real danger to the country\u2019s capital lay in the sprawling patchwork brick and mortar homes stacked almost back-to-back across the city. <\/p>\n

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The massive earthquake of October 8 has seeded fear among residents in New Delhi\u2019s new high-rise apartments. But experts say the real worry is the city\u2019s patchwork of illegal homes. <\/p>\n

But Subir Saha, director of New Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture, said the real danger to the country\u2019s capital lay in the sprawling patchwork brick and mortar homes stacked almost back-to-back across the city. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n