ZAGREB, 13 January 2021 - Deputy Prime Minister Boris Milošević said on Wednesday that in cooperation with the city a food distribution tent would be set up in Petrinja, but he did not want to talk about the new location until they are sure it is suitable.
"I do not want to talk about the location until we are sure that it is suitable. We will definitely inform the citizens," Milošević, who is the deputy head of the task force for dealing with the aftermath of the 29 December earthquake, said in a programme called "Croatian Radio for Banovina".
Asked about people's dissatisfaction with the food served by the state-owned company Pleter, he said that the task force's main idea was that no should be left without a hot meal.
"I hope people will be satisfied with Pleter's meals. Of course, they must meet a certain standard and if the complaints become frequent, we will talk with the Pleter management and do everything to ensure the quality of the meals," Milošević said.
He said that the previous volunteer cooks and hospitality workers had set very high standards when it comes to food and had done a huge job, and he thanked them for it.
He said that the container settlement would not be in Mala Gorica because it was hard to deliver the housing containers there, but that it would be in the Sajmište neighbourhood in Petrinja where citizens would be accommodated, as well as micro and small entrepreneurs in order to enable their temporary operation.
Containers keep arriving in Lekenik
Milošević said that containers kept arriving in Lekenik, where there were currently about 20 of them, and during the day another 30 were supposed to come from Switzerland. The state has to date ensured the provision ofi 475 containers.
According to him, the delivery of prefab containers and mobile homes to remote villages poses a problem due to rural roads being in a poor condition, especially during bad weather.
Milošević said that citizens would therefore definitely be provided with organised accommodation so that they would not wait for containers.
He said that citizens in the quake-hit are would not have to pay electricity bills for heating their temporary accommodation.
