Two Villages In Sukabumi Designated To Be Disaster Resilient Villages, Here's The Reason

NTRB verification activities in Citepus Village, Palabuhanratu District, Sukabumi Regency, West Java as a stage of establishing a destination. (DOC. ANTARA)

SUKABUMI - Two villages in the southern region of Sukabumi Regency, West Java, which directly borders the Indian Ocean, are designated as disaster-resilient villages (destana). This determination is because the two villages are prone to being affected by the tsunami disaster.

"From the results of the verification of the National Tsunami Ready Board (NTRB) in Citepus Village, Palabuhanratu District, it was finally determined that two villages were formed into destinations," said Head of the Sukabumi Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Jujun Junaeni in Sukabumi on Friday, (13/10).

The two villages designated as sub-districts, namely Cikakak Village in Cikakak District and Citepus Village in Palabuhanratu District. The two villages were designated as destinations as a form of attention from the government, after NTRB verification was carried out to see the consistency of the village in an effort to anticipate disasters that were presented in the document and adjusted to the conditions of reality in the field.

According to Jujun, the stipulation of the two villages as a destination is certainly a form of central government concern and concern for Sukabumi Regency where an assessment was previously carried out regarding the seriousness of the Sukabumi Regency Government in carrying out various anticipations of disasters, especially tsunamis.

As is known, Sukabumi Regency has a 117 km coastline, of course it is included in a tsunami-prone area, however, it hopes that in the largest district in Java and Bali there will be no tsunami.

However, after all, all parties must be aware of and increase preparedness to minimize the impact in the event of a tsunami disaster which is certainly not desirable by anyone.

Therefore, the consistency of what they do is not only because of an assessment, but it has become a habit for people in two villages to always be prepared to face whatever happens, because by living on the beach there must be risks faced.

"We appreciate the residents in these two villages who make the skills and knowledge of disasters their basic needs in an effort to minimize the impact both on the victim's side and on material losses," he added, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, October 14.

Jujun said these two villages were not only getting assistance from the central government, but were also formed as a pilot where they had to prepare various standard equipment in the event of a disaster and of course also received support from the Sukabumi Regency Government so that the community could carry out activities according to the standards set by the central government.