They demolerían school for cracks due to tremor

Educational centre La Altagracia, located in Katanga in the mine, would be demolished by the Ministry of education because of the damage with the different Earth tremors that were felt in the country during the month of January. In addition to this, the portfolio evaluates other 33 public schools affected in San José de Ocoa, La Romana and the coast of Nagua.

Education has not quantified investment in repair of the schools affected by the earthquakes, but the engineer William Sifres, Deputy Minister for school buildings, reported that in the case of three schools with damage in Ocoa, repair work will involve a budget of around Rd $20 million.

Explained that so far only found cracking on walls, as the buildings at the structural level has not been no impact on vulnerable, such as columns, beams, footings and slab areas.

Precautions
said that in the u000acases that represent danger are taking place forecasts, as it was Manuel Aurelio Tavárez Justo of the district agricultural Villas of the capital, where a cracked wall was reinforced at school.

In Nagua assessed about 30 schools who submitted cracking of walls, whose programme of repairs was already designed by the Department of school buildings.

With regard to the educational center La Altagracia, located in Katanga in the mine, Sifres said that preliminary studies have determined that it should be demolished for the damage suffered. The construction of this Center dates back to more than 20 years.

Sifres said in Navarrete is strengthening the foundation of the educational centre on February 27 and they are encachando the slopes adjacent to the Center. Will be taken to make higher in that school maintenance.

Pointed out that the slits in the walls are repair centres Ocoa.

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