The Jakarta Post
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.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsBNPB assures proper handling of E. Nusa Tenggara evacuees
Thousands sought to leave the area soon after the mountain spewed volcanic ash and smoke 4,000 meters into the air Sunday morning.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Set as preferred source
N
ational Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) head Doni Monardo has expressed his commitment to making sure the evacuation of people affected by the Mount Ili Lewotolok eruption goes according to plan.
More than 5,500 people have been evacuated to nearby makeshift shelters in Lewoleba city in Lembata regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), after Mount Ili Lewotolok experienced a series of eruptions over the weekend.
Thousands sought to leave the area soon after the mountain spewed volcanic ash and smoke 4,000 meters into the air on Sunday morning, according to the Lembata Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).
“I want to assess the disaster mitigation efforts myself, to make sure they are being carried out in accordance with prevailing mechanisms and regulations,” Doni said in Lembata regency on Wednesday.
Doni visit Lembata on Thursday along with NTT Police chief Insp. Gen. Lotharia Latif, Brig. Gen. Samuel Petrus Hehakaya, the commander of the 161/Wirasakti Regional Military Command, and NTT Intelligence Agency head Brig. Gen. Adrianus SA Nugroho.
Among the things Doni asked the regional government and stakeholders involved in mitigation efforts to do was to separate evacuees based on their vulnerability to COVID-19.
He said the elderly must be protected from exposure to COVID-19 by separating them from younger evacuees who could more easily recover from the disease.
