Families of the victims and activists say the Lebanese government is in an undue hurry to bring down a massive symbol of the 2020 Beirut port explosion and the negligence behind it.
Future of Beirut Port begins to crystalize 6 months after blast 3 minutes read
By Noemí Jabois and Ana Maria Guzelian
Beirut, Feb 4 (efe-epa).- Six months after the Beirut Port explosion, the Lebanese authorities have started to figure out plans for the future of ground zero of the blast that left over 200 people dead and 6,500 injured.
The rebuilding of the port, where there is still a large hole caused by August 4 explosion and only one building left standing, will cost between $425 and $520 million, according to the World Bank estimations.
Before the blast, there was a “master plan” to remodel the facilities, the Port Director Bassem Kaissi told Efe. Those plans are being “reevaluated” in the wake of the explosion.
The massive, 48-meter-high silos absorbed much of the explosions impact, effectively shielding the western part of the city from the blast that completely destroyed thousands of buildings
Beirut silos at heart of debate about remembering port blast
by Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 10, 2020 1:26 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 10, 2020 at 1:42 am EDT
Rubble, spilled grains remain around towering silos gutted in the massive August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. A heated debate is underway in Lebanon over the fate of the towering silos with some arguing the gutted silos could collapse at any moment, and must be demolished, while others call for the ruins to be preserved as a grim memorial. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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