768 Houses In The Selayar Islands Damaged By The NTT Earthquake

MAKASSAR - The Head of Pasimarannu Sub-district, Selayar Islands Regency, South Sulawesi, Samsil reported that 768 houses in the area were damaged due to the impact of the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) earthquake.

"The data on the damage caused by the earthquake in Pasimarannu District was 768 houses. Among them 203 were seriously damaged and 565 were lightly damaged," said Samsil when reporting the current conditions to the Acting Governor of South Sulawesi Andi Sudirman Sulaiman in Selayar, quoted by Antara, Sunday, December 19.

The NTT earthquake also damaged a number of government facilities, including a large port dock and a boat mooring pier in Lambego.

"For public facilities that were damaged, namely the mosque and schools," said Samsil.

Acting Governor of South Sulawesi Andi Sudirman, during his visit to Selayar today handed over to the Regent of Selayar in the form of financial assistance for disaster management in the amount of Rp. 8 billion.

He hopes that the assistance can be utilized by the Selayar Islands Regency Government according to its designation, especially for the emergency impact of the Selayar disaster.

"We also hope that the Selayar Islands Regency Government can implement a budgeting system that is really needed by the community and can be properly and accountable," he said.

The Acting Governor and his entourage using a Super Puma helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Air Force arrived at around 12.00 WITA.

Andi Sudirman with the South Sulawesi Police Chief, Inspector General Nana Sudjana; Pangdam XIV Hasanuddin, Major General Mochamad Syafei Kasno, Regent of Selayar, Muhammad Basli Ali and Acting Deputy for Emergency Management of BNPB, Jarwansah.

The Acting Governor of South Sulawesi visited Bonerate Island in Pasimarannu District, which is one of the districts in Selayar that was severely affected by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Flores Sea, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on Tuesday, December 14.