Cabinet Forms Committee on Beirut's Blast-Hit Silos

Acting information minister Abbas Halabi said Tuesday that a ministerial committee has been formed to study the fate of Beirut's Blast-hit silos facing the threat of collapse.

The ministerial committee will prepare a report by the end of February, Halabi said.

Experts had warned that a section of the grain silos that absorbed much of last year's Beirut port blast must be demolished to avoid collapse

Swiss company Amann Engineering, which has offered laser scanning assistance to Lebanon since the cataclysmic August 4 explosion, called the most damaged of the disemboweled silos an "unstable, moving structure."

"Our recommendation is to proceed with the deconstruction of this block," the company said in a report.