Premier Matteo Renzi said Monday
his 'Italy Home' plan will keep families safer in the event of
an earthquake.
The premier said he will present his new, far-reaching
national plan for the prevention of risks from earthquakes and
other natural disasters to affected communities, professionals,
local and regional lawmakers, unions, environmentalists and
builders "in the next few days".
Reducing risk to zero is "unrealistic," Renzi wrote on his
online newsletter.
"We will never be able to block nature, so why not change
our mentality and work together on a project that will keep our
family and our home safer? This is what the 'Italy Home' project
is about. It...will take years, maybe a couple of generations to
complete. But the fact that it is a long-term project is not a
good reason not to start now".
"The fact that we have been unable to get a coordinated,
strategic prevention project off the ground for the past 70
years means this won't be an easy challenge...but that doesn't
mean we shouldn't try," the premier continued.
"This is a long-term project that will take years, even a
couple of generations, as... (architect) Renzo Piano told me
yesterday," Renzi wrote.
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