East Manggarai Police Provide Clean Water Assistance For Drought Residents

East Manggarai Police Chief AKBP I Ketut Widiarta (Between)

East Manggarai Police of the East Nusa Tenggara Police provided clean water assistance to residents of Lewe village, Rana Masak Village, East Manggarai Regency who experienced a shortage of clean water due to the impact of drought.

East Manggarai Police Chief AKBP I Ketut Widiarta in a written statement received in Kupang, Sunday, said that the police were carrying out clean water distribution assistance with the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of East Manggarai Regency.

The distribution of clean water was directly led by the East Manggarai Police Chief AKBP I Ketut Widiarta, Deputy Police Chief Kompol Mateus Cono, Borong Police Chief, along with members of the East Manggarai Police.

Police Chief I Ketut Widiarta said clean water assistance was to ease the burden on the people of Lewe village, Rana Masak Village who were affected by the dry season.

"This assistance is a form of concern from the East Manggarai Police for residents affected by the drought caused by El Nino. We hope that with the help of clean water it will be sufficient to meet the needs of the residents on a daily basis," he said.

The police chief hopes that the clean water distributed can be utilized as well as possible by the people of Rana Masak Village in the face of this dry season.

"We hope that the distribution of clean water aid will be continued to other places where clean water is also difficult," said I Ketut Widiarta as quoted by Antara.

The head of Rana Masak Village, Fransiskus Sada, expressed his gratitude to the East Manggarai Police and the East Manggarai Regency BPBD, who have provided clean water assistance much needed by their villagers.

Previously, the East Manggarai Police had also distributed clean water assistance to residents in the Ndora City Village, Borong District as much as 8,000 liters of clean water to help overcome the shortage of clean water for local residents.

The East Manggarai Police also allocated 16,000 liters of clean water to help residents of Ndora City Village who also lack clean water as a result of drought.