The flood that hit Central Lombok ahead of the 2022 Christmas holiday caused hundreds of hectares of agricultural land belonging to residents in Pujut and Praya Timur sub-districts to be badly damaged.
"From the reported data, 235 hectares of agricultural land in Central Lombok were damaged by flooding," said Head of the Agriculture and Livestock Service of Central Lombok Regency, Taufikurahman in Praya, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Thursday, December 29, confiscated by Antara.
As for the rice farming area affected by the flood in Bangket Village as much as 70 hectares, Sukadana Village 50 hectares and Tumpak Village, Pujut District 100 hectares.
As for the corn crop agricultural land in Peras Hamlet, Kidang Village, East Praya District, as much as 15 hectares.
"So there are four villages where our agricultural land is affected by the disaster," he said.
He said officers were currently identifying the level of loss for farmers due to the flood, so that assistance could be given from the local government.
"We are processing the proposed replacement of seeds from national seed reserves. Even though the process is long," he said.
To note, the impact of extreme weather that had occurred last week resulted in five villages in Pujut District and East Praya District being flooded. In addition, dozens of trees fell and were swept away by strong winds and hills on the Mandalika bypass road landslide.
In the natural disaster incident, there were no casualties and the local government had also distributed basic food assistance to affected communities.
"The extreme weather only caused residents' houses to be submerged. However, the water had receded after the rain stopped," said Head of BPBD Central Lombok, H Ridwan Ma'ruf in Praya, Monday, December 26.
The impact of the extreme weather that occurred during the three days resulted in 232 families in Bangket Parak Village being affected by floodwaters as high as adult feet. Then in Mertak Village as many as 70 families, Kuta Village 15 families, Kidang 120 families and Bilernando Village 20 families were flooded from 120 affected families.
"No residents' houses were damaged by the flood. However, there were 9 houses damaged by fallen trees," he said.
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