Houses Destroyed, Residents Affected By The Semeru Eruption Will Be Relocated

Lumajang Regent Thoriqul Haq/ANTARA

LUMAJANG - The Lumajang Regency Government, East Java is preparing steps to relocate residents of the area who were victims of the Mount Semeru eruption.

Lumajang Regent Thoriqul Haq in Pronojiwo District, Lumajang Regency, East Java, Wednesday, said that relocation will be carried out for residents whose houses have been destroyed and are no longer habitable due to the volcanic material buried by Mount Semeru.

"People whose houses are destroyed and cannot be inhabited will be relocated," said Cak Thoriq, his nickname, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 8.

He added that currently the Lumajang Regency Government is currently mapping and finding the right location for the relocation. The land used is owned by the regional government or Perhutani.

According to him, the cost for building houses for residents in the new location will use funding from the center through the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN).

"We are looking for land points owned by the state, both Perhutani and local government land. Later they will be built (using) the State Budget," he said.

While related to the damage to agricultural land in the Lumajang Regency due to the eruption of Mount Semeru, currently his party is still collecting data.

"We will first collect data, which ones can be (used again), which ones are not. There has been no decision regarding that," he said.

In Pronojiwo District, from a total of 57 hectares of agricultural land, 20 hectares were damaged as a result of the eruption of Mount Semeru. The land was quite badly damaged.

Mount Semeru erupted on December 4, 2021, and emitted a hot cloud fall towards Besuk Kobokan, Pronojiwo District, Lumajang Regency, East Java, at approximately 15.20 p.m. local time.

Based on data from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) as of Wednesday, December 8 at 16.00 p.m., 39 people were reported dead, 82 lightly injured and 36 seriously injured.