The preliminary amount of the damage caused by the 29 December magnitude 6.2 earthquake to the transport, electrical and water infrastructure in the Banija region stands at 470 million kuna (€62 million), Jutarnji List daily said on Thursday.

Reconstructing the infrastructure and homes is key for the people there to go back to normal living, the paper said, adding that the damage to the infrastructure was already being dealt with.

The biggest damage was sustained by the HEP power utility’s distribution network. The company estimates that it stands at 200 million kuna (€26.4 million), with 238 substations destroyed or badly damaged.

According to preliminary estimates, the damage to state roads and road facilities in Sisak-Moslavina, Zagreb and Karlovac counties amounts to 75 million kuna (€10 million), while the damage to county and local roads amounts to 20 million kuna (€2.6 million).

The Sisak railway station, a protected cultural monument, was recently reconstructed and the damage caused by the earthquake is estimated at 20-40 million kuna (€2.6-5.3 million).

(€1 = 7.57 kuna)