NTT Police Prepare 300-400 Personnel To The Men's Mount Lewotobi Eruption Location In Flotim

NTT Police Chief Inspector General Daniel Tahi Monang Silitonga (DOK ANTARA)

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Police have prepared 300-400 personnel to be sent to the location of the Mount Lewotobi Male eruption disaster in East Flores Regency to help 2,257 residents who are currently displaced. "For the initial stage, maybe around 300 to 400 personnel we sent to the disaster site to help the disaster victims," said NTT Police Chief Inspector General Daniel Tahi Monang Silitonga after the rally Holds Troops in the Context of Disaster Preparedness in 2024, Kupang, Antara, Thursday, January 4. Daniel said the personnel would be dispatched this Thursday afternoon if there was a ship scheduled to depart from the Bolok crossing port to Larantuka, East Flores. In addition, the NTT Police also began to send a number of equipment such as public kitchen vehicles, steam- converting vehicles into water, as well as other vehicles that did work at the disaster site. "We are checking the ship's schedule if there is one, today it will be dispatched soon," said Kapolda Daniel. He added that a number of personnel and equipment prepared would be distributed to the nearest location to anticipate greater volcanic activity because the current status is Level III or Alert. The distribution of personnel, he said, was carried out considering that the distance from Kupang to the district took 12 hours for sea travel, so it was necessary to anticipate. The NTT Police Chief conveyed that until now based on the reports received, the refugees were starting to get restless and scared, because volcanic activity from the mountain was still happening. Although some refugees are still going back and forth from the evacuation site to the house to check the abandoned house. The NTT Regional Police together with related agencies, he said, are ready to provide assistance and assistance to the community if disaster conditions at the location continue to occur and are more severe.

The public is also advised not to believe in various hoax information circulating in the community regarding the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki which erupted in 2002.