By Carmel Loise Matus
Inquirer Visayas
3:47 am | Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
A Philippine Air Force helicopter hovers above the totally collapsed Our Lady of Light church at Loon, Bohol, Thursday Oct.17, 2013. The damage caused by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Bohol province on Oct. 15 has been estimated to reach P2.5 billion, including the damage to heritage churches, which is estimated at P1.1 billion, Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto said on Monday, Oct. 21. AP PHOTO/BULLIT MARQUEZTAGBILARAN CITY—The damage caused by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Bohol province on Oct. 15 has been estimated to reach P2.5 billion, Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto said on Monday.
The damage to heritage churches is estimated at P1.1 billion, although the amount is based on the cost of restoring the centuries-old structures, Chatto said.
He said the damage to infrastructure reached P830 million; to the municipal hall, P106 million; to hospitals, P92 million; and to the province’s economy, P52 million.
The first district of Bohol sustained the biggest damage, he added.
Roads have been opened to traffic, including the shorter routes going to the eastern part of Bohol, the governor told a briefing.
He said provincial officials were looking for alternate routes to cross the isolated towns of Maribojoc and Loon from Cortes town.
Big rocks that block the road from San Isidro to Antequera will be blasted, Chatto said.
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