The National Disaster Management Agency Gives IDR 500 Thousand Per Month To Residents Of East Nusa Tenggara Whose Houses Were Damaged By Floods

Aerial photo of the search for victims of flash floods in East Adonara District, East Flores Regency, NTT (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo said the government provided assistance in the form of IDR 500 thousand per month for families whose houses were affected and damaged by flash floods in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

"The BNPB and the NTT Provincial Government will provide assistance in the form of temporary housing funds amounting to IDR 500 thousand per family to be given every month", said Doni Monardo in his statement, Wednesday, April 7.

Doni said that this assistance fund can be used by people whose houses were damaged by the disaster in the NTT region to rent a place to live in the house of their relatives.

That way residents do not gather and have direct contact in refugee tents and then spread the COVID-19 transmission.

"Residents whose houses are damaged and cannot be inhabited will be recorded in advance by the local government, such as collecting names, ID cards, and other requirements. If the data has been collected and has been verified, the funds can be given so that residents can immediately occupy the homes of their relatives", said Doni.

Currently, 124 people have died due to flooding in NTT. This recording is accumulated at 14.00 p.m. local time.

Of the 124 people who died, 67 people were from East Flores Regency, 28 people from Lembata, 21 people from Alor Regency, 3 people from Malacca Regency, 2 from Sabu Raijua Regency, 1 from Kupang City, 1 from Ende, and 1 from Kupang Regency.

Then, there are still 74 people who are missing and are in search. Based on the reports received, 6 people disappeared from East Flores, 44 people from Lembata, and 24 people from Alor Regency.

In addition, as many as 129 people were injured. A total of 668 houses were severely damaged, 272 houses were moderately damaged, 154 houses were slightly damaged. Then, 87 public facilities were heavily damaged and 24 were heavily damaged.

Based on the latest update from the Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on April 7 at 01.00 a.m. local time, it is estimated that moderate to heavy rain will hit the Central Java to Bali and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) regions. High sea waves will still occur in the waters south of Java to Nusa Tenggara.