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ACTNews, BOGOR
REGENCY - Since early in the morning, the rain had been falling on Jayaraharja
Village in Sukajaya Subdistrict, Bogor Regency, Sunday (1/5). The rain was not
quite heavy, but the long duration of rain made the paved road wet and the soil
muddy.
When the ACTNews
team arrived at the rice field where the villagers evacuated in Sibentang Hamlet
in Jayaraharja Village, a 5-by-5-meter tent stood on the field that was
occupied by over 100 inhabitants. They are residents of Sibentang Hamlet whose
houses were affected by the landslide on the first day of 2020. Hundreds of people
were displaced and forced to live in limited conditions.
Among these
evacuees was Wulan, a mother of four who fled with her entire family to the
tent. She said, the conditions inside the tent were saddening because share it
with a large number of evacuees.
"The tent is so
small and cramped. The base was just a perforated tarpaulin or a gunny sack.
When it rains, the water leaks and the soil becomes muddy. If this happens, all
of us must stand up so that there will be enough room for all," said
Wulan, Sunday (1/5).
On Sunday
afternoon, the evacuees chose to set up a new tent in order to be able to
shelter the new wave of evacuees. They had just received a new tarp tent. The
new evacuees were the residents of Sibentang who were on vacation at the end of
the year when the disaster happened. They returned to their village only to
find out that it had been hit by massive landslide.
In Jayaraharja Village, there are two evacuation points. Apart from the rice field in Sibentang Village, another evacuation site was Sukajaya 05 Public Elementary School in Sihuut Village that sheltered nine families. These families come from the parts of the village that is vulnerable to landslides.
The tent in Sibentang Village,
Jayaraharja, Sukajaya, Bogor that was occupied by over 100 inhabitants. (ACTNews
/ Eko Ramdani)
Aksi Cepat Tanggap
(ACT) has assisted Jayaraharja villagers since the first day after the
landslide. A public kitchen that provides prepared meals was established in
Gunung Koneng Village. In addition, ACT also distributed staple food packages to
hundreds of people in several villages in Jayaraharja that were isolated.
Imam Al Daffa, a
volunteer who was on duty in the ACT post in Jayaraharja, said that there were
still some isolated villages that are located quite far away. The roads to
these villages are difficult to traverse due to the massive debris caused by
the landslide. On Sunday, ACT team tried to reach one of the villages and hand
over food packages and provide medical services to the residents.
"There were two
ways that can be used to reached Jayaraharja, through Gunung Koneng Village or
Harkat Jaya Village. But the two roads have been buried by the landslide and
flashflood that broke the bridge," he explained, Sunday (1/5).
ACT has continued
to assist the landslide and flood victims. The Regional Disaster Post in
Cigudeg has continued to distribute food packages and other aid packages to ACT
posts at several points and directly to the evacuees. []
