Electricity Networks In West Sumbawa Are Still Out Due To The Floods

A number of residents crossed the water due to flooding that occurred in Tiang Enam neighborhood, Kuang Village, Taliwang District, West Sumbawa Regency/ANTARA

West SUMBAWA - The electricity grid in a number of areas in West Sumbawa Regency is still out due to floods that have hit the area since Monday, February 13 evening. Head of Tiang Enam neighborhood, Kuang Village, Taliwang District, Efendi admitted, a power outage had occurred since Monday night when floods hit the area at around 12.00 WITA. "Until now, the electricity is still not on. On average, all of them are dead," he said when contacted by telephone from Mataram, Antara, Tuesday, February 14. He explained that the lighting of local residents only relied on candles and petromax lights. He also said that it is difficult to get, considering that many local shops and kiosks were closed because they were also affected by the flood. "Let's not buy candles, buy food is difficult. Because there are also many shops and kiosks that are closed. We want to have a difficult cellphone case," he said. He explained that in that environment alone there were 300 families (KK) or 1,200 people affected by the flood. With a water level at the time of the flood reaching 1 meter. "On average, all residents' houses are submerged," he said. Efendi said that most of the affected residents took refuge in houses or families whose locations were higher or had multilevel houses. "So on average they evacuate to the homes of family and neighboring houses that have multilevel houses," he explained. According to him, currently many residents still need rocks, especially ready-to-eat food, blankets, medicines and clean water. He also hopes that the water can recede as soon as possible and the electricity can return to normal. "Because many people are also affected by children and toddlers and parents are in middle age," he said. Communication Manager and TJSL PLN NTB Regional Main Unit Kukuh Amukti admitted that there were still power outages in several areas in West Sumbawa Regency due to flooding. "The condition is still flooded. Therefore, the handling has only reached 35.2 percent," he said. Kukuh said that his party had deployed 64 personnel to deal with problems at the ULP Taliwang. In fact, his party avoids the dangers of electricity to the safety of the general public. Therefore, his party appealed to the public to immediately report any potential danger. "You can contact the PLN call center or PLN Mobile," he said.