Jakarta: Social Affairs Minister Juliari P. Batubara conducted an inspection of a public kitchen for flood victims sheltered at the PSBN House, Cawang, East Jakarta, on Thursday, January 2, 2019.
During the visit, the minister vowed to undertake steady, concerted efforts to offer humanitarian aid to flood evacuees in Jakarta.
"For the time being, the Social Affairs Ministry supports the local administration (in handling the flood evacuees). The BNPB (the National Disaster Mitigation Agency) and SAR (Search and Rescue) officers have stepped in (to help them)," Juliari remarked.
We will continue to monitor (the situation) by utilizing all resources that we have," he added.
The minister pointed to East Jakarta being the municipality in Jakarta to have borne the maximum brunt of the flooding. The cabinet member admitted that several victims could not be evacuated from their flooded homes that were difficult to reach.
"Of course, we give priority to the worst affected areas (in providing humanitarian aid)," he noted.
A total of 31,232 residents of Jakarta were compelled to flee their flooded homes as of Wednesday night. A total of 13,516 flood evacuees in East Jakarta were sheltered at 99 locations. (Antara)
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