Relief ops complete in quake-hit S Iran

The governor of Iran’s Bushehr Province says reconstruction operations have begun in the areas of the province that were hardest hit by the recent earthquake, as immediate relief efforts are completed.

According to Press TV, Fereydoun Hassanvand said on Wednesday that with the completion of relief and rescue operations in the quake-stricken areas, efforts to repair and rebuild water, power and communications networks in the affected districts of Shanbeh and Tasouj have already gotten underway.
The governor added that according to a plan, each governor and chief executive had assumed responsibility for dealing with problems in villages within their jurisdictions.
Hassanvand also stated that the latest figures following the 6.1-magnitude earthquake showed that 37 have been killed and 950 injured.
The official said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s first deputy visited Bushehr Province later on Wednesday on behalf of cabinet ministers in a bid to address the needs and difficulties of affected residents in the quake-hit areas.
Hassanvand noted that relief and medical resources such as ambulances, medical equipment, relief forces and tent hospitals had been deployed to the affected zones.