The government has provided 6,789 food packages to flood and landslide victims in the city of Sorong, West Papua Province, Head of the Sorong City Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) Herlin Sasabone informed.
The local government distributed the packages of food to people in need during the emergency response period, she said here on Wednesday.
According to Sasabone, around 4,789 packages were provided by the provincial government and 2 thousand packages by the Sorong city government to ease the burden on flood and landslide victims.
The Sorong BPBD also set up a public kitchen in the yard of the Sorong Mayor’s office and distributed 8,949 rice packages to recipients.
“The emergency-response public kitchen for flood and landslide (victims) was assisted by TNI Kodim 1802 (Military District Command 1802) of Sorong. The public kitchen ends today,” Sasabone said.
Meanwhile, the emergency response period for flood and landslide mitigation in Sorong city has been extended till Tuesday (September 13, 2022), she informed.
The local government has made the extension due to heavy rainfall, she explained.
“Based on the forecast of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), (heavy) rainfall will continue to occur until mid-September 2022,” she said.
Repairs of the water sewerage infrastructure in Sorong city are being conducted as part of efforts to tackle floods and landslides, Sasabone added.
Earlier, the Sorong city administration had declared an emergency status for two weeks—from August 23 to September 5—due to the flood and landslide in the region.
The BPBD team is coordinating with the Search and Rescue Agency, the police, and the Indonesian Military (TNI) in monitoring the impact of the disasters and evacuating victims.
Source: Antara News