ZAGREB, 6 January, 2021 - Damage has been reported to date to more than 22,000 buildings in Sisak-Moslavina County after last week's earthquake and 20% of the 8,743 buildings inspected are completely destroyed, prefect Ivo Zinic said on Wednesday.
Speaking to the press in Sisak, he said 116,000 people were directly affected by the earthquake and 66,000 by the damage.
Of 56 schools inspected, 23 are usable, ten are partly usable, 12 are temporarily unusable, and nine totally unusable.
Damage has been reported to 3,000 family farms, 750 trades businesses and over 800 firms. The damage to state roads amounts to HRK 55 million and to county roads to HRK 23 million.
Zinic said 4,000 meals were being prepared daily at various locations.
He said the situation was under control but that the initial donations had been almost exhausted, so reserves would have to be restocked. The biggest shortage is for durable food. This situation, he said, is expected to last at least two to three months.
Zinic said 753 persons had been accommodated in sports halls, the local barracks, the Serif company in Glina, and in tents. He said 300 caravans, container and mobile homes had been set up, adding that there were 783 requests for them and that it was assumed over 1,000 would be necessary.
Zinic said five county construction teams, five psychosocial teams and three agricultural teams had visited 350 households and that the intention was for them to visit every household.
Asked about accountability for alleged oversights in the post-war reconstruction of homes, he invited the authorities to investigate and that the possible culprits be held to account.
County police commissioner Luka Pesut said the police had visited all citizens affected by the earthquakes.
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