Minister for Agriculture and National Disaster Management Inia Seruiratu says the Prime Minister has directed them to come up with new designs for designated evacuation centres.
He says the New Zealand government is constructing some evacuation centres and they are hoping to look at their plans.
While responding to questions from opposition members in Parliament today about the assistance to Tropical Depression victims, Seruiratu says they are also improving the designated evacuation centres like schools with standby generators and water tanks.
Opposition MP Viliame Gavoka then questioned Seruiratu on why the government cannot improve the community halls in all villages instead of building designated evacuation centres.
Gavoka told Parliament that the reality in Fiji is that the Vale ni Soqo in villages are primarily used as evacuation centres.
He says this was encouraged by the SDL government however the current government has put a stop to this.
In his response, Seruiratu stated that government had other priorities.
He also stressed that there are a number of other reasons behind the move to build designated evacuation centres.
