Floods Still Soak Villages In Kerinci And Sungai Penuh Jambi City

Residents' settlements in Sungai Penuh Jambi City were flooded. (ANTARA/Wahdi Septiawan)

JAMBI - A number of villages in Kerinci Regency and Sungai Penuh City, Jambi, are still flooded with water levels of more than 50 cm or above the knee of adults. Hundreds of heads of families (KK) took refuge in safer places.

One of the places used as refugee camps is the former Sungai Penuh City DPRD building. Currently, around 600 residents have fled to that place.

"The Jambi Police from the Regional Police and the local Police have also sent additional personnel to help deal with flood victims in Kerinci Regency and Sungai Penuh City," said Penum Subbid Penmas Jambi Police Ipda Alamsyah Amir as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, January 4.

The additional personnel sent consisted of one team or consisted of nine people from the Samapta Directorate, one platoon (22 people) from the Mobile Brigade Unit, and one team (13 people) from the Polairud Directorate.

"The personnel sent to Kerinci and Sungai Penuh are directly led by the Director of Samapta Polda Jambi Kombes Wong Niti," said Alamsyah.

The personnel sent were also equipped with a number of equipment, one of which was a rubber boat to evacuate residents, then the Jambi Police Mobile Brigade Unit also established a public kitchen in Koto Panap Village, Tanah Kampung, Sungai Penuh City.

Meanwhile, based on flood data in Kerinci Regency, it occurred in nine sub-districts and 45 villages, with 2,412 houses submerged.

In addition, there are seven mosques, health centers and sub-district offices, and 14 educational facilities were also affected by flooding in Kerinci Regency.

Floods also caused damage to the bridge connecting Kerinci Regency and Merangin Regency, precisely in Tamiai Village. Then in Sungai Penuh City, floods occurred in 32 villages in 6 sub-districts, with 6,262 submerged houses.

In addition to thousands of houses, floods in Sungai Penuh City also submerged the Rawang Health Center and Tanjung Health Center. In addition, 20 mosques and 39 educational facilities in Sungai Penuh City were also flooded.