Hundreds
of survivors of flash floods in Central Sulawesi’s Sigi regency are having a
hard time getting basic necessities, including fuel, while
their
mobility is hampered by
damaged roads,
leaving
some districts isolated.
Governor has declared a state of emergency in
the area until Saturday.
About 500
residents have had to leave
their inundated homes following the flash floods.
Basic commodities now have to be supplied from the provincial
capital of Palu.
“The
price of gasoline in Kulawi, one of four isolated districts, is now Rp 15,000
[US$1.05] per bottle,”
The usual
price in Sigi is Rp 10,000.
Aside from being more expensive, fuel is also hard to come by
because
of damaged access roads to four districts of Sigi: ….
A road
connecting Salua village with Sadaunta village in Kulawi, for example,
can only
be passed by motorcycles, and
even that
is difficult because of the mud and debris from the flood and the subsequent
landslides.
The road
between Omu village and Tuva village, meanwhile, is totally damaged.
Residents,
assisted by the Military, have opened a motorcycle path through the mountains
and cacao plantations.
Temy
predicted that, unless the
situation improved soon,
the
prices of basic commodities would continue to rise in Sigi.
The flash
flood has damaged
hundreds of houses with piles of mud and logs.
Sigi
Regent asked the survivors to remain resilient and alert.
they had
to prepare for more
possible flooding amid forecasts of more rain.
“We have
moved residents to safer places,
but there
are no safe places in two villages in Dolo Selatan district.
Three
villages in the district have
been affected by floods, with two of them, Bangga and Walatana, hit particularly hard.
Regency
authorities have set up
a public kitchen for flood victims,
but as of
Thursday, the residents had yet to receive proper meals.
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