“The number of hot meals cooked on a daily basis now exceeds 15,000, which in our opinion is unsustainable. As of Monday, this work will be assigned to the state company Pleter which has all the necessary resources,” Horvat told the press during a visit to Sisak. He was asked whether hospitality workers would continue cooking and distributing food for those in need.
“We will ensure greater certainty in food preparation,” Horvat said, adding that volunteers would remain on the ground until it was decided that they were no longer needed.
Horvat said that the government had secured HRK 160 million for small businesses that were forced to suspend their operations because of the earthquake. He said that single persons would receive a one-off allowance of up to HRK 2,500 and families of up to HRK 3,500.
Horvat said that 297 state-owned container homes had been installed in the earthquake-hit areas, adding that 70 container homes, donated by the Turkish government, were arriving in the Italian northern Adriatic port of Trieste today and would be dispatched to Petrinja, Glina and Sisak already today.
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