President Joko “Jokowi”
Widodo on Friday (10/8) is scheduled to meet with residents affected by the
quake that hit Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province.
The visit to Lombok, the
President said, will be done after he registers his candidacy as a Presidential
Candidate for the period of 2019-2024 at the office of the General Election
Commission (KPU) on Friday (10/8) morning.
“Maybe tomorrow after the
registration I will also fly to West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province and stay
overnight there,” the President said to reporters on Thursday (9/8).
As previously reported, an
earthquake measuring 7.0 in Richter scale rocked the resort island of Lombok in
West Nusa Tenggara province on Sunday (5/8) evening.
Shortly after the quake hit
the province, President Jokowi instructed Coordinating Minister for Political,
Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto – who happened to be provincial Mataram –
to coordinate relief efforts in the wake of the quake.
Death toll in the quake is
reported to have reached 258 with hundreds of people injured and hundreds of
houses damaged. North Lombok regency is the hardest-hit area.
"Victims spread in
North Lombok Regency 273 people, West Lombok 26 people, East Lombok 11, City of
Mataram 7, Central Lombok 2, and Denpasar City 2 people," said Head of
BNPB Information and Public Relations Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, in Jakarta,
Friday (10/8).
The number of refugees
reached 270,168 people spread over thousands of points. BNPB estimates
that the number of refugees is also expected to increase considering that not
all have been properly recorded.
In several places, Sutopo
continued, there were reportedly refugees who had not received assistance,
especially in the districts of Gangga, Kayangan, and Pemenang in remote hills
and villages.
To overcome this problem,
according to the Head of BNPB's Information Data and Public Relations Center,
since Thursday (9/8) until now, the distribution of aid uses 3 helicopters from
BNPB and Basarnas.
"Land assistance
continues to be distributed. It even involves many volunteers from the
community of car lovers and people who have vehicles to help with the
distribution of aid. Many public kitchens and health posts are established
to serve refugees, "explained Sutopo.
While temporary data on
housing damage has reached 67,875 housing units so far. Sutopo said, from
the results of satellite imagery analysis, massive building damage occurred in
North Lombok Regency. Nearly 75 percent of the settlements were destroyed
and damaged.
"This is due to the
closest to the epicenter of the earthquake and receiving earthquake shocks with
an intensity of VII MMI. Houses with construction that do not meet the
standards of earthquake-resistant houses will not be able to withstand shocks
so that they collapse, "said Sutopo.
Physical damage included
67,857 damaged housing units, 468 damaged schools, 6 damaged bridges, 3 damaged
hospitals, 10 damaged health centers, 15 damaged mosques, 50 damaged prayer
rooms, and 20 damaged office units. This number is also temporary.
BNPB estimates that the
losses and damage caused by the 6.4 SR and 7 SR earthquakes in NTB and Bali are
estimated to be more than IDR 2 trillion, which includes the housing sector,
infrastructure, productive economy, social culture and cross-sector.
He said, landslides occurred
when the 7 SR earthquake shook Dompu Indah Hamlet, Kayangan District, North
Lombok Regency, causing a landslide cliff. Suspected of hoarding 4
people. A wife reports the loss of her husband, child and 1 neighbor.
"The SAR team is still
evacuating. But the terrain is very heavy and wide. The ground is
crumbly and easily landslides, which endangers officers, "said Sutopo.
According to BNP Head of
Information Data and Public Relations Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, aid continued to
flow, both volunteers, logistics and equipment. Hundreds of NGOs and
community organizations also established service posts.
The assistance that came,
continued Sutopo, was immediately distributed to refugee camps. Public
kitchens and field kitchens were established. Logistics distribution by
involving sub-district and village government officials to distribute to the
community.
He said, the sub-district
head was asked to take logistics to the post, then the lurah or village head
took it in the subdistrict according to the number of people who were displaced
or needed.
"So the distribution is
distributed from post and public kitchen, as well as assistance from village
officials to distribute aid," Sutopo said.
To the people who need
information, Sutopo invited the Call Center of the Lombok Island Emergency
Response Post with numbers 0853 3863 9789 and 0859 6147 2837. Meanwhile the
Pospenas Call Center (National Guidance Board for BNPB Assistance through 0853
3365 6353.
As for channeling aid to the
people in Jabodetabek, according to Sutopo, it can be channeled to the TNI Aid
Post at Halim Perdanakusuma Jakarta Airport, Suma 3 VIP Room.
"Assistance will be
transported by a TNI Hercules aircraft to Lombok. Contact numbers for the
TNI Aid Post 0812 6790 682, 0812 3161 1998 and 0818 7264 089. Or can be
channeled to institutions engaged in the humanitarian field, "concluded
Sutopo.
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