Post-earthquake reconstruction in Ecuador to cost over $3.3 billion

  02 June 2016    Read: 956
Post-earthquake reconstruction in Ecuador to cost over $3.3 billion
The post-earthquake reconstruction of Ecuador
According to Naranjo, Ecuador’s government will contribute 63 percent, or $2.253 billion of the $3.344 million needed for the reconstruction. The rest will be provided by the private sector, the official said at a Wednesday press conference, as cited by teleSUR TV.

In April, Ecuador was hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed hundreds of people, injuring over 12,000 and causing serious damage along the country’s Pacific coast.
In May, a 6.7 and a 6.8 magnitude earthquakes hit Ecuador’s western coast, injuring dozens of people.

More about:


News Line


Azvision.az ©2014 | All rights reserved