Papuans Asked To Be Alert To Landslides And Floods

Head of BPBD Papua Province Welliam R. Manderi (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Papua Province Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) reminded residents to be alert to landslide and flood disaster conditions in February.

The head of the Papua Provincial BPBD Welliam R. Manderi said the government had reminded its citizens since the end of 2020.

"Even the Acting Regional Secretary of Papua Province has also written to the regents and mayors to prepare everything related to the threat of this disaster," said Welliam in Jayapura, as reported by Antara, Monday, February 8.

According to Welliam, each regency / city BPBD is expected to be able to remind its citizens to prepare themselves and be prepared for possible disasters, be it landslides, floods, whirlwinds and tidal waves.

"If the BPBD does not yet exist or has not been established, the local government must be responsible for preparing for disasters," he said.

He explained that landslides and floods have the potential to occur in all districts and cities in Papua Province so that precautions must be taken from an early age.

"It should be remembered that apart from increasing awareness of natural disasters, there are still non-natural disasters being faced, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, so we must act wisely," he said.

He added that the condition of this disaster must have been that the public would panic, but please remember health protocols such as wearing masks, maintaining distance and washing hands so that the number of COVID-19 cases does not increase.