Drought-hit North Penajam Paser receives 62,000 litres of water: BNPB

Acting Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Center Beton Panjaitan stated in Jakarta on Wednesday that hundreds of residential areas had been experiencing drought since early this week.

For example, he cited a clean water shortage affecting around 456 households in Babulu Village, Sebakung Jaya Sub-district.

Panjaitan noted that the local disaster mitigation agency had prepared emergency measures amid the dry conditions, including gradually distributing safe water to meet residents’ daily needs.

He emphasized that BNPB would continue monitoring the situation in East Kalimantan, urging regional governments to optimize raw water sources and deploy water tanker trucks to communities severely affected by the drought.

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Translator: M. Riezko, Tegar Nurfitra