(see related)The national
emergency fund has 234 million euros that will be used for
immediate aid to earthquake-stricken towns and villages in
central Italy, the economy ministry said Wednesday.
"We will stand by local institutions and citizens in the
coming days both in the acute emergency phase and in the
reconstruction to follow," Economy Undersecretary Paola De
Micheli said in a statement.
"We want residents in areas that are now under rubble to
know that we have the resources and the experience to intervene,
overcome the emergency, and make a fresh start".
Several towns and villages in the mountainous central
regions of Lazio and Marche have been devastated by a 6.0
magnitude quake that struck in the early hours of Wednesday
morning.
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