REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government plans to provide a maximum of Rp50 million to every affected family in West Nusa Tenggara Province. The fund was allocated to repair the damage caused to their houses following Sunday's 6.4-magnitude quake.

"The government will provide a maximum of Rp50 million in assistance (to each of the families) to repair their damaged houses. The government will not give aid equal to the value of the damaged house," Chief of the Data and Information Center and Public Relations Services at the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho stated in Jakarta on Monday.

The BNPB, along with the National Defense Forces (TNI), Indonesian Police (Polri), and the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, is still collecting data on the number of damaged houses, he stated.

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President Joko Widodo has inspected the quake-stricken areas and has given directives to the BNPB, TNI, Polri, and ministries on ways to handle the impact of the quake, he stated.

President Joko Widodo (right) accompanied by West Nusa Tenggara Governor TGB Zainul Majdi (second left) gives books to children affected by earthquake at Madayin Village, Sambelia, Selong, East Lombok Timur, West Nusa Tenggara, Monday (July 30).

"The president wants well-organized and quick handling of the quake victims, particularly with regard to health services, logistics, basic needs, and emergency education," he remarked.

According to provisional data, the quake, which struck the islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, and Bali, damaged 1,454 homes, seven school buildings, five health facility units, and 22 places of worship in West Nusa Tenggara.

At least 16 people were killed, while thousands of others were injured.

The quake also forced 5,141 people to take refugee.

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