Moroccan authorities on Friday confirmed it has begun providing money to families whose homes were destroyed in an earthquake last month that took nearly three thousand lives.
It was gathered that an estimated eleven point seven billion dollars in reconstruction funds over the next five years.
After a commission tasked by King Mohammed VI to oversee recovery efforts met earlier this week, the government said an initial monthly payment of two thousand five hundred Moroccan dirhams will be disbursed starting Oct. 6.
The Sept. 8 earthquake wreaked havoc on rural regions south of Marrakech, where mountain roads remain unpaved and the economy relies on herding and small-scale agriculture.
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