PRESS RELEASE
No. 25/MC.TDBM/11/2010
DESPITE SAFE ZONE SHIFTED POPULATION
NOT ALLOWED TO GO HOME YET
NOT ALLOWED TO GO HOME YET
Yogyakarta, 14/11/2010 (Media Center Kominfo, 19:28) - Although there are indications of Merapi safe zone shifts in a number of areas in regencies in Central Java from a radius of 20 km to 10-15 km due to activity decrease of Mount Merapi, but the population has not been allowed to return to their homes.
According to the Head of Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Syamsul Maarif, the Media Center Disaster Emergency Response Merapi in Yogyakarta, Sunday (14/11), communities are requested to be patient and not allowed return yet to their homes yet before any assessment results (location check) by military forces and police.
"I took the decision of the TNI and the police whose numbers 7,000 people to do the assessment to the indicated safe zone shift determined by the Head of Geological Agency, given that the condition of Merapi is still in Alert status," he said.
In addition, Syamsul Maarif said the activities of Merapi eruption not yet final and based on the observation, monitoring and experience of the behavior of Merapi, although its activity decreased but sometimes can unexpectedly be explosive.
Therefore, the decision to take action to secure the community is paramount. He ordered the people should be prevented from moving to new camps before any assessment of the military and police.
Military and police are now assessing whether the condition there (zone 10-15 km) has good water source and basic needs of displace people are available. Precautions are necessary due to the fact that volcanic ash contains a high level of danger, as well as possibility of wells are full of dust and logistics warehouses are unavailable yet.
"The needs of drinking water, sanitation and so on must be made available before being occupied by community. Therefore I ordered them to conduct searches to different areas within 24 hours,” he said. According to the plan, on Monday (15/11) youth will be involved together with TNI and the police to see the condition of people's houses located in the recommended zone, whether it can be occupied or not.
It should be noted that hundreds among displaced people are vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women, children and old people who have to be protected from the impact of the policy.
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