NetralNews 29 Nov 17;
BNPB: 150 Million People Live in Disaster-Prone Areas in Indonesia (bnpb)
JAKARTA, NETRALNEWS.COM – Willem Rampangile, Head of the Indonesia National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), says 150 million Indonesians live in disaster-prone areas.
Willem said his side has already mapped the disaster-prone areas in Indonesia. From the map, it can be concluded there are 150 million Indonesian citizens living in disaster areas. He detailed that as many as 60 million people live in flood-prone areas, 40 million people in landslide-prone areas, and four million in tsunami prone areas.
"From Sabang to Merauke, it is all red. The government is aware of this matter, and that disaster risk reduction efforts and prevention plans have been included since the 2015-2016 medium term plans. These have been put on priority by the government," he said on Wednesday (29/11/2017).
He continued that there are now a number of areas affected by hydrologic disasters due to weather. Fortunately, the government has anticipated the condition and made preparations from the beginning before entering the rainy season. Preparedness efforts, among others, include the provision of necessary equipment and logistics including early warning systems and ready-to-use funds distribution.
With the release of emergency alert status, in the event of a priority disaster is the rescue and evacuation of victims and the community, the fulfillment of logistics and health. The government declared ready to cope with disasters both in terms of logistics, health, education and others.
