TIRANA, December 9/ATA/-Prime Minister visited today the city of Durrës, the most-affected by the November 26 earthquake. He saw from very close the damages caused to the buildings. Accompanying him were some engineers from Israel.
The Israeli engineers showed the prime minister they were using special cameras which seemed like taking radiography of the walls.
“The cameras can show whether the columns are all right”, said PM Rama.
The prime minister praised the Israeli engineers who confirmed that the affected buildings were in need only of minor repairs because the structure and the foundations were strong.
As a matter of fact, 90% of them can be repaired.
On his part, Minister Çuçi said that the municipality team was on the ground to repair the damages on the apartment blocks. He expressed his hope that life would soon get restored to normality.
An employee of Durres municipality said that we have set up a working group within the “Rruga” enterprise, a brigade of 100 workers, which, after assessments by foreign experts, will make the necessary repairs. Mostly they will repair the plaster, electrical work and other repairs. ”
According to her, the most damages are to be found on the first, second and third floors of the apartment blocks because there was felt the biggest blow of the quake./k.s/j.p/p.s./
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