The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has delivered at least 2.5 million litres of clean water for survivors of the 5.6-magnitude earthquake that jolted Cianjur District, West Java Province, on November 21.
The clean water would be supplied for the next three months to meet the needs of displaced residents in several temporary shelters and affected villages, according to PMI officer Fajar Aciana.
“Over the past 25 days since the deadly quake occurred, PMI had distributed 2.5 million litres of clean water by using 17 trucks,” coordinator of PMI-Cianjur Office’s Disaster Emergency Response Unit Fajar Aciana said here on Saturday.
The targeted recipients stay at such temporary shelters as the ones in Pacet, Cugenang, Cianjur, and Warungkondang sub-districts owing to the absence of water supplies from local tap water companies, he said.
PMI must deliver at least 255,000 litres of clean water everyday to the targeted temporary shelters and affected villages, he added.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake had jolted Cianjur District on November 21 at 1:21 p.m. local time.
The Cianjur district government revealed that the death toll from the recent earthquake had increased, from 334 on December 4 to 602 on December 14.
The number of houses brought down and severely damaged by the recent earthquake had also increased to 8,151.
“The number of severely damaged houses has increased, from 7,817 to 8,151 units. They all have been verified,” Secretary of the Cianjur District Government Cecep Alamsyah stated on December 4.
Alamsyah said the number of houses suffering moderate damages had also increased, from 10,589 to 11,210 units.
The number of houses with mild damages also went up, from 17,195 to 18,469 units, he remarked while adding that the earthquake had also severely damaged 525 school buildings, 269 houses of worship, 14 healthcare facilities, and 17 office buildings.
According to Alamsyah, the government has prepared 2.5 hectares of land in Sirnagalih Village to be used for building 200 earthquake-resistant houses.
Source: Antara News