TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
TNI deploys more personal, equipment for Aceh quake relief
The Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed more personnel and heavy equipment to assist and evacuate victims of the earthquake that struck Aceh’s Pidie Jaya regency on Wednesday.
Change Size
Solidarity – Students from the Mahadal Ulum Diniyah (MUDI) boarding school in Samalanga, Bireun regency, Aceh, carry humanitarian assistance for earthquake victims on Thursday. More than 100 people died when a massive earthquake rocked Pidie Jaya regency on Wednesday morning. (Antara/Syifa Yulinnas)
The Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed more personnel and heavy equipment to assist and evacuate victims of the earthquake that struck Aceh’s Pidie Jaya regency on Wednesday.
“The personnel and heavy equipment from the Bukit Barisan Military Command (Kodam) has arrived in Lhok Sukon, North Aceh. Now they are on the way to the disaster area in Pidie Jaya,” Army spokesman Brig. Gen Sabrar Fadhillah told reporters in Jakarta on Friday.
Kodam Bukit Barisan deployed an additional 215 personnel and several pieces of heavy equipment, including dump trucks, excavators and backhoe loaders.
The Army and the Navy have established a field clinic, including a surgery room and treatment ward, for quake survivors in anticipation of more earthquakes in the next few days.
The powerful earthquake, which measured 6.4 on the Richter scale, affected three regencies in Aceh. The Aceh administration has declared a 14-day emergency response period from Dec. 7 to Dec. 20.
Relief efforts have focused on Pidie Jaya, which saw at least 200 buildings collapse.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that more than 100 people have been killed and about 700 others injured, while more than 11,000 people were taking refuge in 28 temporary shelters and mosques. (dmr)
