67 homes destroyed in C. Java landslides<\/p>\n
Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Pos, Banyumas<\/p>\n
A total of 67 houses were destroyed by landslides in Banyumas and
\nCilacap regencies in Central Java early on Monday, following the
\nincessant downpour on Saturday and Sunday in the region.<\/p>\n
At least 20 houses were badly damaged in Tlaga village in
\nBanyumas and 47 others were totally destroyed in Dayeuh Luhur
\nvillage in Cilacap.<\/p>\n
There were no human casualties in the disasters but more than
\n400 people have been forced to take refuge in safer areas in the
\ntwo regencies.<\/p>\n
More food aid was flown in from the provincial administration
\nand numerous non-governmental organizations to the local
\nadministration to be distributed to the refugees.<\/p>\n
Banyumas Regent Aris Setiono called on all people living in
\nmountainous areas of the regency to move to safer areas due to
\nfresh fears of more landslides in the future.<\/p>\n
\"We call on all people living in mountainous areas and on the
\nslopes of hillsides to move to safe areas because more and more
\nlandslides are expected to occur during the rainy season,\" he
\nsaid when he met and handed over food aid to the landslide
\nvictims in Tlaga on Monday.<\/p>\n
He said the flood and landslides that destroyed more than 60
\nhouses two weeks ago have caused more than Rp 3 billion in
\nmaterial losses to local people.<\/p>\n
More than 150,000 hectares of rice fields were also damaged in
\nthe regency. Farmers who had previously received special credit
\nunder the farm credit scheme have asked the government for debt
\nrelief because of their damaged crops.<\/p>\n
Cilacap Regent Hery Tabri also made a similar demand as he was
\ndistributing humanitarian assistance to landslide victims in
\nCilulu, Pucung Datar and Ciparahu villages.<\/p>\n
He said he asked the Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation
\nagency in Bandung to seriously study and identify areas prone to
\nlandslides in the regency.<\/p>\n
\"The local administration will not allow local people to
\nestablish their houses in areas prone to landslides,\" he said,
\nadding that the landslides and flooding had cost local people
\nmore than Rp 2.5 billion.<\/p>",
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