killarisastur the tremors havent stopped so the fear of the next big one lurks around even street corner and weighs heavily on every conversation about what happened on this day 25 years ago in killari a village in maharashtras latur district killari was at the epicenter of the 64magnitude earthquake that snuffed nearly 10000 lives in scores of villages across latur and osmanabadas many as 3500 people died in killari for sole survivors like chhaya khajure who lost her husband four children and as many other family members and now lives in the rehabilitated killari village life is a struggle hichya mage tar konich urale nahi ashich jagat aahe bichari nobody was left behind from her family the poor woman is living with the grief her neighbour says i dont find any reason to live yet i am because committing suicide is a sin she saysbefore the earthquake killari a village of 10000 people was a huge grain market this unique identity has slipped away bapurao birajdar a grain supplier says it the earthquake took away the livelihood of the farming community poor monsoons and lack of basic facilities have arrested the progress of our villagekillari has seen little progress over the past 25 years civic works of a public water scheme laying of drainage lines and construction of roads await government approvalthe region has experienced 87 minor quakes since 1999 sudhir harhare assistant meteorologist with the imds earthquake observatory in latur says precautions are necessary because of the seismic activity in the region and earthquakes are highly unpredictable but agencies mapping the tremors and the district administration authorities say they are more ready for emergencies than they were in 1993the assistant professor of history at savitribai phule pune university babasaheb dudhbhate remembers the early hours of september 30 1993 every time he hears about an earthquake for 40 seconds the vibrations shook the walls and roof of our house in hasalgaon then there was a loud roar stone houses collapsed all around me and screams rent the air i ran to an open area and was saved many died he said adding he could never get over the traumaback then the human response to the devastation was among the few pluses the rehabilitation after the huge rescue effort with several nations pitching in went on for three to four years but later the quake and its victims began to slip away from collective memoryweak monsoons have affected farming and basic needs like water roads and the promised economic development are nowhere near visible in many of the affected villagesfunds amounting to rs 991 crore for the revival of public water scheme from cms relief fund another rs 1479 crore for construction or repair of roads and drainage system and a tranche of rs 7152 lakh for extension of public water scheme for sarwadi village are awaiting approvals a rs 200crore proposal for concrete roads and drainage lines in nilanga taluka is also pendingin some villages restricted ownership of the