43 Families Of Flood And Landslide Victims In Muara Pamijahan Village, Bogor Relocated Separately

Settlement in Kampung Muara, Desa Cibunian, Kecamatan Pamijahan, Kabupaten Bogor, West Java, whose residents will be relocated. (BETWEEN)

BOGOR - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Bogor Regency, West Java, has separately relocated 43 families of victims of landslides and flash floods who live in Muara Village, Cibunian Village, Pamijahan.

"Pamijahan does not have a large and safe land. So we have to move, safety is number one. Our concept is that our (relocation site) is broken, not centralized," explained the Head of BPBD Bogor Regency, Yani Hassan after receiving symbolic assistance from the Agency. Hajj Financial Management (BPKH) in Cibinong, Bogor quoted from Antara, Tuesday, July 5.

According to him, the concept of separate relocation is considered more effective to avoid disasters in the future.

This is because 43 families in Muara Village are also victims of the 2015 disaster who have occupied relocation houses in the form of permanent housing (huntaps) centrally since 2017.

Yani said that the victims of landslides and flash floods that occurred in two sub-districts on June 22, 2022, were as many as 240 families who had fled. Some have received housing rental assistance from the Bogor Regency Government.

"The amount is relative, we maximize Rp. 500 thousand per month, from BTT (unexpected spending)," explained Yani.

Meanwhile, the Bogor Regency Housing, Settlement and Land Office (DPKPP) estimates a budget of around Rp. 4.2 billion for the relocation and rehabilitation of houses for disaster victims in Pamijahan and Leuwiliang sub-districts.

The rehabilitation and relocation assistance will be distributed in the form of cash to disaster victims. For the victims, the house was lightly damaged Rp. 5 million, moderately damaged Rp. 10 million, heavily damaged Rp. 25 million and the relocation was Rp. 62 million.

Based on estimates from DPKPP, the budget for handling in Leuwiliang is Rp. 811.5 million. The details are Rp470 million for the rehabilitation of 15 heavily damaged houses, Rp222 million for the rehabilitation of 28 moderately damaged houses, and Rp119.5 million for the rehabilitation of 55 lightly damaged houses.

Then, the handling in Cibunian Village, Pamijahan was worth Rp. 3,439 billion, with details of Rp. 530 million for the rehabilitation of 35 houses that were heavily to lightly damaged, and Rp. 2.79 for the independent relocation of 47 housing units.

The handling in Gunung Picung Village, Pamijahan is worth Rp. 150 million, with details of Rp. 60.5 million for the rehabilitation of five heavily damaged houses, and Rp. 90 million for the rehabilitation of 65 units of moderately damaged houses.

The Bogor Regency Government noted that flash floods and landslides on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 in Cibunian Village, Pamijahan District and Purasari Village, Leuwiliang District, claimed three lives.

Then, it resulted in hundreds of houses being lightly to heavily damaged, as well as cutting off a number of access roads and bridges.