JAKARTA - A length of 40 kilometers of traffic in Tarutung Sibolga, North Sumatra was successfully penetrated by a joint team using heavy equipment, as stated by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) from a statement received in Jakarta, Monday, December 1.
Head of BNPB Suharyanto in the statement reported that although only a small part of the path opening therapy was a significant progress in order to accelerate the distribution of aid and search and rescue operations (SAR) in the affected areas, especially Central Tapanuli Regency.
The National Supporting Post in North Tapanuli received reports that the Tarutung 'Sibolga route was cut off at a number of points up to nearly hundreds of kilometers due to landslides, including access to several villages in Parmonangan and Adiankoting which have yet to be reached.
According to Suharyanto, because of this condition, more than 12,000 residents were isolated from the range of logistics distribution and could not be evacuated by a joint team of officers from Basarnas, TNI-Polri.
BNPB confirmed that this condition was also one of the factors that forced residents to take the logistics of basic necessities in a number of supermarkets and government warehouses two days ago.
Thus, the normalization of land lanes, according to Suharyanto, will certainly continue this morning, which includes the Mandailing Natal Regency route Singkuang Tubuyung and the Batang Natal 'Muara Batang Gadis section which are still cut off at several points, causing isolation of a number of sub-districts.
Dalam kesempatan yang sama petugas bawah koordinasi teknis daru Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum juga membuka lintas akses secara bertahap menggunakan alat berat pada ruas jalan nasional Sibolga 'Padang Sidempuan dan Sibolga' Tarutung.
Including a number of other accesses in North Sumatra and Aceh Provinces which are also reported to be still cut off, namely the North Sumatra-Aceh Tamiang border and the Meureudu bridge on the Pidie Jaya 'Bireuen border which was badly damaged.
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The latest BNPB data states that the number of victims who died from floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra continues to grow to 442 people. Meanwhile, the total missing victims in three provinces reached 402 people.
As of Monday or the seventh day, this disaster emergency officers jointly handled evacuations spread over several points, including 3,600 people in North Tapanuli, 1,659 people in Central Tapanuli, 4,661 people in South Tapanuli, 4,456 people in Sibolga City, 2,200 people in Humbang Hasundutan, and 1,378 people in Mandailing Natal.
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