BNPB Targets Cleaning The Cianjur Earthquake Center For 40 More Days

Jokowi reviewed one of the relocation points for residents affected by the Cianjur earthquake on an area of 2.5 ha in Sirnagalih Village, Cilaku District, Cianjur, Wednesday, December 7. (Twitter Jokowi)

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has confirmed that the cleaning of the rubble of houses affected by the 5.6 magnitude earthquake (M) in Cianjur will be completed in 40 days.

The head of BNPB, Lt. Gen. Suharyanto, said that after the cleaning is complete, residents can rebuild their homes in the same location or In Situ. Mainly the Cianjur earthquake survivors who received the recommendation do not have to be relocated.

"The focus of the last month or 40 days we have cleaned the rubble of the house. Now almost a thousand houses have been cleaned. Later, once it is clean, in parallel, houses that are not relocated will be rebuilt. Those who do not have to move," said Suharyanto in a written statement, Thursday, January 5.

To date, more than a thousand houses have been cleaned.

In the process of cleaning up debris until the construction of houses again, said Suharyanto, the government has formed a special task force consisting of elements of the TNI, Polri, Ministry of PUPR and other related institutions totaling 2,500 personnel.

To this day, all personnel continue to help the community clean up debris. "It will be carried out by the community assisted by the TNI, Polri. There are already 2,500 task forces. Every day they help people clean up the debris," said Suharyanto.

In addition to personnel, the government has also deployed more than 40 heavy equipment to speed up the process of cleaning up debris in 16 sub-districts. This was done because the cleaning of the rubble of houses and buildings that were destroyed could not be done without heavy equipment.

"Using heavy equipment. You can't just use your hands. There are 40 units of heavy equipment per day spread across 16 sub-districts," he said.