The Impact Of Extreme Weather, 4,225 PEOPLE At Pulang Pisau Central Kalimantan Potentially Alami

The Pulang Pisang Regency Government distributed aid in anticipation of extreme weather that occurred in Central Kalimantan (ANTARA)

The return of the RESIDENTs - A total of 1,185 families or 4,225 people in the coastal area of Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan, were affected by extreme weather and have the potential to experience food insecurity.

"The government has deployed aid of 23,660 kilograms of rice to 4,225 residents after the establishment of an emergency status for extreme weather disasters by the Regent of Pudjirustaty Narang," said Pulang Pisau Regional Secretary Tony Harisinta at Pulang Pisau, Thursday.

According to him, two villages in Kahayan Kuala District were affected by extreme weather, namely Kiapak and Cemantan villages, while in Sebangau Kuala District, Sei Bakai Village and Sei Hambaliwang Village.

Fishermen in coastal areas do not dare to go to sea even though it is a daily livelihood, it is also difficult to access foodstuffs to some of these villages due to extreme weather.

"Based on the results of this extreme weather investigation team, the residents in the four villages have the potential to be prone to food, so there must be efforts made by the local government to minimize the potential for food vulnerability from the situation," said Tony.

Efforts made by the local government were to back up and distribute 23,660 kilograms of rice to 4,225 people affected by the extreme weather.

Tony revealed that to minimize the impact of disasters from extreme weather, it is necessary to take quick, appropriate, and integrated handling in accordance with applicable standard operating procedures. One of them is providing logistical assistance to people affected by the extreme weather disaster.

Head of the Social Protection and Welfare Division of the Pulang Pisau Social Service, Leonard T Kassa, said that as the person in charge of distributing aid to the community, his party had collected 23,660 kilograms of rice from the government's rice reserve stock (CBP) in Bulog.

Based on data compiled by the team in the field, residents who received logistical assistance affected by extreme weather disasters included Kahayan Kuala District, namely Kiapak Village as many as 232 families or as many as 822 people with a total of 4,603 kilograms of rice assistance. Cemantan Village contained 387 families or 1,357 people with 8,599 kilograms of rice assistance.

Sebangau Kuala District in Sei Bakau Village there are 284 families or 1,230 people with a total of 6,888 kilograms of rice aid and 282 families or 816 people from Sei Hambaliwang Village with 4,569 kilograms of rice distributed.

"The amount of assistance provided to the community refers to the basic needs standard in one day, namely by calculating 0.4 grams / soul times 14 days, so that the amount of aid rice can be sufficient for 1,185 families or 4,225 people affected by extreme weather disasters," said Leonard.