Heavy Morakot slam China, Japan and Philippines

Taiwan berlama do not want to wallow in the long-suffering post-Storm Morakot sweep the region last week.

'While the rescue operation continues to be done, we have also started the rehabilitation and reconstruction,''said Taiwan President Ma Ying-joeu as quoted Associated Press yesterday (14 / 8). Morakot statement about this is the first statement since Ma served as president 15 months ago.

Due to storms that also strike China, Japan and the Philippines, Taiwan is not only losing about 500 people -380 of them buried alive by bongkahan buildings and landslides. They also suffer losses up to Rp 1.5 billion (around Rp 15 trillion). There are 34 bridges that collapse, at least 253 buildings and roads essential dissolved ingot. Not to mention the destruction of agriculture land and 7 thousand people who lost their houses. ''It took more than three years to improve,''clearly Taiwan Ministry of Transportation as quoted Reuters.

Estimated, the cost of reconstruction to reach 120 billion Taiwan dollars (about Rp 36.2 trillion). Nominal is almost equivalent to the budget that the government issued after the great earthquake in 1999 which killed 2400 people.

According to rescue services spokesman Wang Chin-eng, terparah area due Morakot is Shiao Lin. Villages inhabited by ethnic whose lives depend on farming in planting fruit and vegetables in the mountains.

The government says the effort terhalangi evacuation of public facilities damaged in the disaster area. Road can not be used. Temporary access roads and bridges to drop out. Solely on the team who were 15 helicopters by the military