The Cianjur Citizen's House Will Be Improved By The Government, Jokowi: Mandatory Use Of Anti-Earthquake Standards

Residents passed in front of a number of houses that collapsed as a result of the earthquake in Central Selakawung Village, Cianjur Regency, West Java,

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the government would bear the repair of earthquake victims' houses in Cianjur, West Java. Assistance will be provided to those affected. This was conveyed by President Jokowi when he directly inspected Cianjur Regency, West Java today, Tuesday, November 22. He came to the area by road. "Yang (rumah, red) rusak berat akan diberikan bantuan Rp50 juta, yang sedang Rp25 juta, dan yang ringan Rp10 juta," kata Jokowi kepada wartawan. The rehabilitated house must later be built with anti-earthquake standards. So, if this disaster occurs again, it will not cause loss of life and material. Moreover, the earthquake that occurred in Cianjur can be repeated within a certain period of time. So, the government wants to prepare anti-earthquake buildings for the community. "The most important thing is that the construction of houses affected by this earthquake is required to use building standards that are anti-earthquake by the Minister of PUPR," said the former governor of DKI Jakarta. "Because it was conveyed earlier, this earthquake is an annual 20-year earthquake. So that we will direct the construction of the anti-earthquake house," added Jokowi. The earthquake occurred in Cianjur, West Java with a magnitude of 5.6 with a depth of 10 kilometers at 13.21 WIB. As a result of this incident, Based on the National Police at 10.00 WIB today, Tuesday, November 22, the death toll was 117 people. The victims were recorded from three hospitals serving victims affected by the Cianjur earthquake. "113 were identified, 4 were in the identification process, 1 has not been identified," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo in a written statement, Tuesday, November 22. Meanwhile, the number of injured victims as a result of the Cianjur earthquake now stands at 370. In detail, 34 people were seriously injured and 336 people were slightly injured.