potable water supply reaches 60 percent in the Bío Bío region and 90 percent in the Maule. The figure excludes the public buildings and major commercial ports.
Chile has received 1,135 tons of humanitarian aid since the earthquake.
infrastructure repair Chile damaged by the earthquake of February 27 will cost between 1,000 and 1,200 million dollars, said today Chilean Public Works Minister Sergio Bitar. The figure, said Bitar, immediate repairs and replacements including roads, airports, dams, canals, rural drinking water and coastal areas, among other things.
Part of that money will be spent in three years, as the replacement of the old bridge over the river Bio-Bio in Concepcion, it collapsed, said the minister, who said the figure excludes the public buildings and major commercial ports .
For repairs of damage in areas granted in concession to private companies, such as motorways, Bitar said that firms themselves have estimated that cost about $ 150 million.
added, in ports, the only one still not working is that of Talcahuano, affected by the tsunami after the earthquake, and said, moreover, have not been detected considerable damage to irrigation reservoirs and electricity.
Public Works Minister obliquely criticized the slow replenishment of water supply in the most affected area is in private hands. "The Superintendent has been Above all businesses because we believe that more can be done quickly, "he said about it.
In Chile," water, electricity and telecommunications are in private hands and the face is provided by the State, therefore, we have to improve quite the resilience of private companies from the earthquake, as well as dealerships, "he added.
said that the water supply reaches 60 percent in the Bío Bío region and 90 percent in the Maule.
Talcahuano port, he said, suffer the most complex situation, so it asked the company concerned that tomorrow at the latest reset service.
He added that a third of the network of rural water supply is not working due to lack of electricity. "The infrastructure of Chile resisted well," he said, adding that only Tubul town in the northern province of Arauco, disconnected, while stressing that the domestic terminal Santiago Airport is now operational and international could be normalized on Monday.
Air traffic is now restored to the Santiago airport, but adapted temporary facilities for passenger service.
Source: Latin American Information and Analysis.
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