RABAT: Morocco’s earthquake broken 2,930 villages within the Excessive Atlas mountains with a complete inhabitants of two.8 million individuals, the minister answerable for the funds stated on Friday (Sep 22).
The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck on Sept. 8 killed greater than 2,900 individuals, most of them in hard-to-reach mountainous areas.
No less than 59,674 homes had been broken, of which 32 per cent have completely collapsed, the minister, Faouzi Lekjaa, stated in a presentation at parliament.
The federal government would supply 2,500 dirhams (US$244) month-to-month over a 12 months in assist to quake-stricken households, along with 140,000 dirhams compensation paid for completely destroyed properties and 80,000 for partially broken ones, he stated.
Reconstruction ought to respect the unique architectural character of the Excessive Atlas mountains, Lekjaa stated.