Libyan Prime Minister Osama Hammad visited the sites targeted for the establishment of a number of new residential complexes and unit projects in the coastal area of the flood-hit Derna.
During the visit, Hammad, accompanied by the Chairman of the Reconstruction and Stabilization Committee, Hatem Al-Araibi, Engineer Al-Qasim Haftar, and Commander of the Derna Military Region, Lieutenant General Abdel Basset Bugris, stressed to the companies in charge of this work the necessity of completing the work as quickly as possible while maintaining quality, according to the Libyan Government.
The Libyan government explained that the completion of these residential complexes is in order to alleviate the suffering caused to the people of the city as a result of the floods.
On Wednesday, Hammad inspected the streets and neighborhoods of of Derna, in order to determine the conditions of the city and its residents, and to follow up on the work of removing rubble and cleaning the neighborhoods in preparation for the start of the reconstruction process.
Hammad followed on the latest developments of the work of the compensation committee in the city, to ensure that all those affected were included in the inventory process, and to identify the most important remaining landmarks of the city, such as the al-Sahaba Mosque and its streets, and to ensure that maintenance and development work began there.
During the tour, he stressed the imminent start of reconstruction work, with the support of the government and the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA), and the beginning of the influx of specialized international companies to build the city according to the most modern standards, taking into account the geography of the area, and that he is periodically following up on developments of the situation in the city.