BNPB Deploys 6 Helicopters To Reach Isolated Areas To Provide Aid For NTT Victims

Head of BNPB Doni Monardo inspects flood locations in NTT (DOK Humas BNPB)

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) deployed 6 helicopters to reach isolated areas due to floods and landslides in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). The helicopter was prepared to carry aid for disaster victims.

"BNPB will provide support for 6 helicopters because they cannot be accessed by land or sea transportation, so they need air transport. Hopefully tomorrow it will be sunny, visibility is long, and the wind is not strong so isolated areas can get help, "said Head of BNPB Doni Monardo in a virtual press conference via Zoom, Tuesday, April 6.

Doni Monardo ensures logistical availability for the last two. Logistics are supplied from Jakarta, Surabaya and Makassar and have been distributed to affected areas in Adonara, Lembata and Alor.

Meanwhile, based on data as of 21.00 WITA, Tuesday, April 6, there were 117 people. 76 people were reported missing.

"To speed up the search for victims, a number of SAR dogs with experience in the latest activities will be brought in, including the search for victims in Mamuju and tomorrow morning they will bring a number of animals to be prioritized in three locations, namely Lembata, Alor, and Adonara," he continued.

The following is the data on victims of death and missing per area compiled by BNPB as of 21.00 WITA, Tuesday, April 6:

1. East Flores

- 60 people died

- 12 people missing

2. Alor

- The victim died 21 people

- 20 people missing

3. Malacca

- 3 people died

- There's nothing missing

4. Kota Kupang and Kabupaten Kupang

- One person each died.

5. Lembata

- The victim died 28 people

- 44 people missing

6. Ende

- The victim died 1 person