New plots for tidal wave victims

New plots for tidal wave victims

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Hundreds of families whose home in the Tonggolobibi village were destroyed by tidal waves this month will be resettled in a safer area further inland, Antara reported.

Sites for the affected villagers have already been designated by the government and they would be parceled out to each family, Abdullah Baksh, the chief of the Social Services Office was quoted by the news agency as saying.

Abdullah said the proposal had already been approved by Minister of Social Services Inten Soeweno in Jakarta.

Eight people were killed in the tidal waves that struck the coastal village following an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale in the Makassar Straits. (emb)