Floods Due To Jebol Embankment In Kemis Market, Tangerang Regency: Hundreds Of Residents Sustain

A number of residents of RT/RW 01/17 fled due to their houses being flooded in Gelam Jaya Village, Pasar Kemis District, Tangerang Regency. (Between/Azmi Samsul Maarif)

JAKARTA - As many as 130 residents of RT/RW 01/17, Gelam Jaya Village, Pasar Kemis District, Tangerang Regency, Banten were displaced due to the flood disaster from the collapse of the embankment there in the area.

"There were at least 130 people who fled and there were also those who took refuge in their relatives' houses. But there were around 120 people who fled in the place provided by us," said Pasar Kemis sub-district head Sony Karsan in Tangerang, Sunday.

He said that until now the water condition that submerged residential areas in RW 17 was still ongoing with a height of about 60 centimeters to more than one meter.

"The current condition is that the water is still submerging a number of residents' houses, starting from a height of 60 centimeters to one meter," he said.

He revealed that so far his party together with the local Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) have assisted and evacuated residents trapped in the flood disaster.

In addition, the Tangerang Regency Government has also provided a number of assistance related to the needs of residents who are victims of flooding, including logistical assistance consisting of instant noodles,tes, soy sauce, stem soap, mineral water and boxed rice.

"And thank God with the alertness of all elements, both from the village head, sub-district head, military/police and BPBD, have handled and evacuated flood victims, and distributed some logistical assistance to victims," he said.

Meanwhile, he continued, based on data collected by his party, around 871 families (KK) in Pasar Kemis District, were affected by flooding due to high rainfall, causing a number of river flows to overflow and the collapse of the embankment there in the area.

"For all families affected by the flood, there are 871 families with 2,885 people, of which 11 are RW and 20 are RT," he said.

Of the 871 families with a total of 2,885 people affected by the flood disaster were in eight community units (RW), including those in (RW) 06, 07, 08, 014, 015, 017, 018 and 020. With the water level that had reached above the chest of an adult.

"The worst flooding was in RW/RT, 17/01 with a total of 40 families, 150 people," he said.