In Mamuju, The Indonesian Navy Works To Open Roads

JAKARTA - Indonesian Navy Soldiers from the Marine Defense Battalion Base VI Makassar who are members of the West Sulawesi Navy Natural Disaster Management Task Force are working to open the road to the Toraja Mamasa Church Command Post in Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi, which is covered by rock avalanches and land after the earthquake.

Indonesian Navy soldiers work hand in hand to clear the rocks and land covering the road from the residential area to the church.

"The voluntary work to clean up materials due to the earthquake aims to open road access, so that people can return to their activities and also get a church," said the Commander of the West Sulawesi Navy Natural Disaster Management Task Force Colonel Marines Y Rudy Sulistyanto in a press release in Makassar, reported by Antara, Thursday , January 21.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale that hit Mamuju and Majene areas caused dozens of people to die and hundreds of people were injured.

The disaster also caused damage to homes, government offices and public facilities and forced thousands of people to flee.