To This Day, The Total Refugees In Kudus Reached 625 People

Kudus Regent Hartopo while inspecting the refugee camps due to flooding in Kudus Regency, Central Java. (ANTARA/HO-Humas Kudus Regency Government.)

KUDUS - The number of residents of Kudus Regency, Central Java, who have been displaced due to flooding to date has reached 625 people. Refugees from six villages Head of Jati Sub-district, Fiza Akbar, said that this number increased compared to the previous 583 people. Regarding the number of refugees in his area as many as 363 people, with details of residents of Jati Wetan Village 158 people, Jetis Kapuan 17 people, and Tanjungkarang there are 188 people. The hundreds of refugees, he said, took refuge in five places, including the village hall hall, educational place, PKK building, and places of worship. The Head of Mejobo Sub-district, Zaenuri, added that there are 171 refugees who still survive today from Payaman Village, 46 refugees and Bulangcangkring Village, 125 refugees. "The flood in the two villages is still quite high, although today there has been a decrease in inundation, but it has not been significant so that residents have not been able to return home," he explained in Kudus, Antara, Thursday, March 9. For logistical needs, the refugees eat and drink, he said, has been met, because public kitchens in each refugee camp also supply packaged rice and drinking water every day. Rice wrap assistance is not only for residents who are displaced, including residents who survive in flooded houses who also get food supplies from available public kitchens. This was also acknowledged by the Sub-District Head, Undaan Arif Budiyanto. The public kitchens available in his area not only supply daily food needs for the refugees, but are also divided into flood-affected residents who still survive at home. Meanwhile, its residents who are still surviving in refugee camps, he said, to this day (9/3) there are still 91 people who are residents of Karangrowo Village. The supply of packaged rice for residents who stay at home, he said, reaches more than 2,000 packs every day. The logistics supply is from BPBD Kudus and other related parties.