The Government of Morocco creates an agency to recover the High Atlas after the earthquake

by time news

2023-09-28 11:09:37

MADRID, 28 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Government of Morocco has approved the creation of the High Atlas Development Agency, an institution with which it wants to promote the reconstruction of a region that was hit hard by the earthquake on September 8, in which some people lost their lives. 3,000 people.

The spokesman for the Executive, Mustapha Baitas, has presented this decree law, which had already been presented last week before the king, Mohamed VI. The first draft covers the six affected regions and targets a population of more than four million people, according to the official note.

The High Atlas Development Agency aims to supervise the execution of the programs, which the authorities hope to carry out with “speed, efficiency and precision”, although the contracts arranged initially have a horizon of five years.

Mohamed VI, who was surprised by the earthquake during a private stay in Paris, has committed to working for the reconstruction of the affected areas and the Government has committed to doing so in such a way that heritage and ways of life are respected. local regulations, as well as anti-seismic construction standards, with the aim of making new constructions that are built more resistant.

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