Head of Prevention and Preparation of the Public Order Security Agency and Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of Papua Province Paminto Widodo noted that each shift will cook 300 portions that his side will distribute twice.
"We will cook 300 portions for lunch and 300 portions for dinner," Widodo informed here on Saturday.
The ready-to-eat food will be distributed to victims of floods at three evacuation points, including the Youtefa Market, Jayapura.
"This food will not only be given to refugees but also to officers in the field," Widodo noted.
He noted that the Papua provincial government's public kitchens, so far, had sufficient stocks for refugees, but his side will increase the portions if the demand rises.
"Several parties are involved in cooking in our public kitchens, including those from the Provincial BPBD and Jayapura City BPBD, community organizations, NGOs, and the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Task Force, among others," he revealed.
Earlier, heavy rains triggered floods and landslides that struck Jayapura on January 6 in which seven people lost their lives, while at least 160 families were forced to evacuate in Jayapura City, Papua Province.
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) explained that the atmospheric dynamics caused the floods and landslides.
"The sea surface temperature around Papua's waters is warm enough to increase convective activity," Head of the Public Meteorology Center of the BMKG Fachri Radjab explained.
In addition, the northern region of Papua has wind bend areas. This trend is closely related to the meridional gradient of the westerly monsoon winds, with a wet characteristic, he added.
Another factor causal to the high rainfall in Jayapura is the humidity of moist air from the surface layer to the layer of 200 mb, he explained.
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- SITUATION OVERVIEW
• The heavy rainfall that occurs since Thursday night (6 January 2022) have caused the flash flood and landslides in Jayapura. AKBP Suprapto, the local Police vice commander said that seven people died.
• Severe affected areas are Jayapura Utara, Jayapura Selatan, Entrop, Abepura, Heram and Muara Tami. The flood also hit Aryoko Hospital, Yotefa Market, and the Governor’s office.
• 125 families (500 people) have been displaced to safer places or their families’ houses.
- GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
• The Jayapura disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) currently is still in Abepura District and is evacuating affected residents and collecting data on building damage including public facilities.
• The BPBD received information that a landslide had occurred in the Jayapura Utara District but did not get the complete data because all BPBD personnel were still evacuating affected residents in the Abepura.
• 3 rubber boats & 1 unit of the multipurpose truck were deployed by BPBD Jayapura City to evacuate affected residents.
- CARITAS RESPONSE
• Caritas Indonesia is in a coordination process with the Diocese of Jayapura to gather the number of the affected people and the affected area while determining the type of response as needed in early emergency response.
- URGENT NEEDS
• Ready to eat food, cleaning equipment, clean water, bedding (blankets, mattresses/mats), medicines/medical check-up, masks, rubber boats (for evacuation purposes)
During the friendly meeting, aimed to uphold the Indonesian military's (TNI) unity with local tribal and community leaders, Lt.Col.Dedy Dwi Cahyadi was accompanied by an army officer from the Walesi military post.
Friendly relations between the TNI personnel stationed in the sub-district and local tribal and community members would help maintain peace and security, he said in a statement that ANTARA received here Saturday.
Tribal leader Sadik Asso thanked Cahyadi for the visit and for bringing staple food packages for the people.
Over the past few months, Asso said he could not visit the Walesi military post because he happened to be in Jayapura.
He said he was told that Cahyadi continued to uphold good friendship and unity with local community leaders.
"May this harmonious relationship be well maintained," he remarked.
To strengthen the TNI's relationship with various elements of society in Papua and West Papua, TNI Commander General Andika Perkasa has emphasized the importance of social communication.
Social communication has also become a part of TNI's territorial guidance and is among the priority programs assigned to the working units of TNI headquarters in the two easternmost provinces, he said.
Promoting good and effective social communication with local communities in the two provinces would help build collective understanding and togetherness for maintaining Indonesia's sovereignty, he told a virtual TNI meeting, broadcast on Youtube on January 2, 2022.
Papua has borne witness to a spate of violence against civilians and security personnel in the past few years.
Intan Jaya recorded its bloodiest month in September 2020, with notorious armed groups launching a series of attacks that claimed the lives of two soldiers and two civilians and left two others injured.
The armed groups continued their acts of terror in 2021, too.
On April 25, 2021, Papuan separatists operating in Beoga ambushed Papua's State Intelligence Agency Chief I Gusti Putu Danny Karya Nugraha and several security personnel during their visit to Dambet village.
Nugraha died of gunshot wounds sustained in the attack.
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