Toll from Belu flooding estimated at Rp 761 billion<\/p>\n
MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): The recent floods which
\nswept the regency of Belu in East Nusa Tenggara province
\nhave inflicted a total of at least Rp 761 billion in financial
\nlosses, an official said.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the East Nusa Tenggara province J.B. Nani
\nKosapilawan said that the amount was a tentative calculation
\nbased on loss in cash and livestock.<\/p>\n
"Detailed calculations have yet to be made," Nani said, adding
\nthat Rp 8 billion in aid from the Ministry of Resettlement and
\nRegional Development had been used for emergency purposes.<\/p>\n
"The money from Ibu (Mrs.) Erna Witoelar money was used to
\nbuild emergency settlement," Nani said.<\/p>\n
The Office of Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare had
\nalso donated Rp 10 million in cash, 500 boxes of medicine, 120
\ntons of rice, 3,000 pieces of sarong, and 5,000 pieces of
\nchildren clothes, he added.<\/p>\n
According to Nani the Peduli Indonesia foundation of the
\nIndonesian Army Headquarters donated 1,200 shoes, 100 boxes of
\nused clothes for women and 75 bags of instant noodles.<\/p>\n
Big floods swept away the districts of West and Central Malaka
\ntwo weeks ago, killing almost 40 people, ravaging thousands of
\nbuildings, including residents' houses, school buildings and
\ngovernment offices.<\/p>\n
Thousands of school children have had to stay at home as their
\nschool buildings were demolished by the floods.<\/p>\n
Recent reports said that thousands of people, who have been
\nliving in temporary shelters after their houses were swallowed by
\nthe floods, are lacking food.<\/p>\n
The crisis post at Betun in Belu regency reported on Sunday
\nthat hunger threatened almost 24,500 people in the shelters.<\/p>\n
"There is no more rice. This worries us very much," Maj. Siddi
\nPurnomo, deputy chief of the flood task force in Betun, said.<\/p>\n
He acknowledged that the North Central Timor Military District
\nCommand had given 1.5 tons of rice.<\/p>\n
"But we'll be in a tough spot if additional aid comes late.
\nWe'll be running out of food in the coming weeks."<\/p>\n
Since the refugees lived in the shelters, a total of 146.2
\ntons of rice had been received from UNHCR and local
\nadministrations, he said. (yac\/sur)<\/p>",
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