Golkar Party Legislator Asks Jokowi To Determine The Floods In East Nusa Tenggara As National Disaster

Basarnas evacuates victims of flash floods in Adonara, Flotim-NTT (Photo: Twitter @basarnasmaumere)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the Indonesian Parliament Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena urged the government to determine the flood and landslide disaster in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) as a national disaster.

Given the impact of the disaster that occurred in all districts and cities in the province. He also mentioned that the areas affected by the floods and landslides were not only in East Flores. In fact, almost all regions of NTT.

"The scale of the damage can be ascertained in all areas in NTT. In Sumba, it has also experienced the same thing, on the mainland of Timor it has also experienced the same thing, in Rote, Sabu, Alor, Lembata, the island districts also experienced the same thing", said Melkiades in his statement, Monday, April 5.

Therefore, the NTT electoral legislator asked the central government to immediately send assistance to affected communities. Cooperating with local governments to accelerate the recovery of economic and social impacts.

"Especially helping from the health sector so that NTT can still face COVID-19 pandemic and other dangerous diseases", said the Golkar Party politician.

Recent developments, the death toll from natural disasters of floods and landslides in a number of districts, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to 68 people. The victims who died came from 4 districts.

"The death toll is still being collected. Currently, 68 people have died", said Head of the Center for Disaster Data, Information and Communication, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Raditya Jati, in a written statement, Monday, April 5.

The 68 people who died consisted of 44 people in East Flores Regency, 11 in Lembata Regency, 2 in Ende Regency, and 11 in Alor Regency. Meanwhile, 15 people were injured, with details of 9 in East Flores, 1 in Ngada Regency, and 5 in Alor Regency.

"70 people are missing, 26 in East Flores, 16 in Lembata Regency, 28 in Alor Regency", he said.

This data is an update as of 14.00 p.m. local time, the BNPB also noted that there were 938 families or 2.655 people affected by the disaster. The BNPB is still recording the number of victims.

As for material losses, 25 houses were severely damaged, 114 houses were moderately damaged, 17 houses were washed away, 60 houses were submerged, 743 houses were affected, 40 access points were covered by fallen trees, 5 bridges were broken, 1 public facility was affected, and 1 ship sank.