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Island focus: Water crisis worsens in four NTB regencies
The Mataram Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has said four out of the 10 regencies and cities in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) are seriously short of clean water
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he Mataram Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has said four out of the 10 regencies and cities in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) are seriously short of clean water.
The four regencies are Central Lombok, East Lombok and North Lombok in Lombok Island and Bima in Sumbawa Island.
“Four regencies have declared themselves to be in a water crisis with the issuance of regional head decrees,” BPBD head Muhammad Rum said.
He said the water crisis in the four regencies had begun two months ago and the affected areas were expanding.
In East Lombok, for example, residents of dozens of villages in 12 districts are dependent on water supplied by the social affairs agency and the BPBD office.
“The East Lombok administration has requested financial assistance to deal with the water crisis,” he added.
Rum said a total of 800,000 people were affected by the water crisis in the four regencies.
