Flood victims waiting for aid

Flood victims waiting for aid

TANGERANG: Some 1,200 flood victims living in the Total
Persada housing complex in Gembor subdistrict of Priok complained
to the municipal administration on Friday about not receiving any
flood assistance.

"The residents are always asking me when they will receive
assistance and some are even suspicious of me," Yoga, a flood
post coordinator at the subdistrict's community units of 07 and
08, said from the mayoralty's office.

Meanwhile, the municipal administration assistant, Harry Mulya
Zain, said that mayor M. Thamrin had directly handed the
assistance for flood victims over to the Priok district chief,
Memet Rachmat Nur, on Feb. 25.

He said the assistance, which comprised thousands of food
packages, mineral water, medicine, clothes and stationary for
school students, should be distributed to flood victims in five
subdistricts: Gebang, Gembor, Priok, Priok Jaya and Sangiang
Jaya.

When contacted by journalists, Priok district chief Memet
Rachmat Nur said he had forwarded the assistance through all
subdistrict offices.

Unfortunately, Gembor subdistrict chief Surnata could not be
reached for confirmation as he was out of the office on Friday.

Priok was the worst-hit district where almost all parts of the
area were deluged for more than a week during the recent flood.
The water level ranged between 1.5 meters and 3 meters in depth.
-- JP