MEXICO CITY, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The reconstruction of the damage in Mexico City caused by the Sep. 19 earthquake will take seven years, Mayor Migual Angel Mancera said on Saturday.
Two months on from the earthquake which killed 369 people nationwide, and 228 in the capital, Mancera said authorities are working in every aspect of the reconstruction effort but warned it was not a short-term goal.
The mayor said that concrete actions were being taken and rejected claims that things were moving slowly, days after some of the displaced blockaded streets to demand help.
"The reconstruction will take six or seven years in Mexico City. This is not a task of a month or two, this is a task that will take a long time," explained Mancera at a press conference.
Mancera added that the full work plan for the reconstruction will be presented before the end of November.
The country's most devastating earthquake in 32 years brought down 38 office and residential buildings in Mexico City and damaged around 5,700 more buildings.
