“About 53,560 billion rials ($1.21 billion) in facilities (government loans) have been allocated to the people of quake-stricken areas of Kermanshah since the beginning of earthquake relief work, a significant part of which has been paid out,” Houshang Bazvand added.
He put the damage inflicted on the infrastructures of the province at 12,410 billion rials ($282.04 million).
The 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Kermanshah Province and the regions bordering Iraq on Nov. 8, 2017, killing over 500 people and injuring thousands of others, Financial Tribune reported.