Ecuador government has announced that the death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week risen to 654 people. The earthquake of April 16 injured around 12500 people. Several strong tremors and more than 700 aftershocks have continued to shake the country since the major quake. Tremors are expected to continue for several weeks and more and more buildings are destroyed. Survivors in the quake zone were receiving food , water and medicine from the government and scores of foreign aid workers . However, Correa president of Ecuador has acknowledged that bad roads delayed aid from reaching some communities. The government has said it will temporarily increase some taxes, offer assets for sales and possibly issue bonds abroad to fund reconstruction. Lower oil revenue has already left the country of 16 million people facing near-zero growth and lower investment.
In my opinion, the damage caused by the quake in Ecuador will be left for a long time. A shortage of infrastructure in Ecuador has an effect on this situation. We should recognize an abuse that is caused by the lack of infrastructure and make effort to improve the surroundings. However, it is difficult to do for us, and even the government. Therefore, we have to start on meditating on the situation and damage in a stricken area.