Government to draw up anti-seismic plan

(ANSA) - Palermo, August 29 - Local authorities, mayors and experts will be convened by the government to draw up an adequate anti-seismic plan for Italy following last Wednesday's 6.2 magnitude quake in central regions that left 290 people dead and a further 10 missing, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Graziano Delrio said on Monday.
    Delrio said the government aims to draw up "something serious that might enable us to reduce the damage caused by these exceptional events to a minimum". "The last budget law contained initial incentives to carry out seismic restructuring," the minister continued. "We need to insist with greater force because the public buildings that accommodate our young people, but also the hospitals, need to be absolutely safe," he said.