Pemulihan Ekonomi, Korban Banjir Mamuju `Curhat` pada Bintang Puspayoga
Indonesian Govt Provides Assistance for Mamuju Flash Flood Victims
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Mamuju, Sulbar [B2B] - Korban banjir bandang di Kabupaten Mamuju, Provinsi Sulawesi Barat mengharapkan dukungan Pemerintah RI, yang disampaikan kepada Bintang Puspayoga selaku Penasehat Dharma Wanita Persatuan Kementerian Koperasi dan UKM, untuk memberikan bantuan pelatihan usaha dan permodalan untuk memulihkan kondisi perekonomian daerah.
Bintang Puspayoga mengatakan bahwa pihaknya akan menyampaikan kebutuhan masyarakat Mamuju kepada Menkop UKM Bintang Puspayoga dan pihak terkait untuk memberikan bantuan yang dibutuhkan masyarakat Mamuju, khususnya di wilayah terdampak banjir bandang.
"Kami akan komunikasikan lagi dengan para deputi yang memiliki kegiatan tersebut, Kemenkop UKM tentu memprioritaskan masyarakat yang terkena bencana seperti di Mamuju, seperti halnya Palu dan Donggala di Sulawesi Tengah," kata Bintang Puspayoga usai memberikan bantuan kepada Kepala Desa Bebanga, Rusdin Chalang di Mamuju, belum lama ini.
Banjir bandang yang menerjang Mamuju pada Kamis [28/2] telah memporak-porandakan pemukiman penduduk termasuk sekolah. Ratusan rumah di tiga desa: Pammulukang, Beru-beru dan Pokkang dan Kelurahan Bebanga di Kecamatan Kalukku dinyatakan rusak parah, termasuk SMPN 2 Kecamatan Kalukku yang memaksa siswanya diliburkan lantaran halaman dan gedung sekolah dipenuhi ranting pohon besar dan lumpur setinggi 40 cm.
Dalam kunjungannya ke SMPN 2 Kalukku, Bintang Puspayoga menyampaikan duka cita atas bencana yang menimpa Mamuju dan memberikan bantuan korban banjir bandang.
Rusdin Chalang mengatakan bahwa desanya sangat membutuhkan bantuan dari pemerintah, kususnya untuk mengangkat potongan kayu dan lumpur yang masih menimbun banyak bangunan di kelurahan Kalukku, kabupaten Mamuju.
Mamuju of West Sulawesi [B2B] - Victims of flash floods in Mamuju district, West Sulawesi province expect support of Indonesian government, and it was conveyed to Bintang Puspayoga as the Chairperson of the Wife Association at the Cooperatives and SMEs Ministry to support regional economic recovery.
Mrs Puspayoga said that her party would convey the needs of Mamuju community to Minister AAGN Puspayoga, and related parties to help the Mamuju community, especially in areas affected by flash floods.
"We will communicate with senior officials at the cooperative ministry," she said.
The flash flood that hit Mamuju on Thursday [February 28] has devastated the residential areas including schools. Hundreds of houses in three villages: Pammulukang, Beru-beru and Pokkang and Bebanga village in Kalukku sub-district were declared severely damaged, including the school building in the Kalukku sub-district, because the courtyard and school building were filled with large tree branches and 40 cm high mud.
During her visit in Kalukku, Puspayoga expressed his condolences for the disaster that struck Mamuju and provided assistance to victims of natural disasters.
Rusdin Chalang said that his village was in desperate need of government assistance, specifically to lift pieces of wood and mud that were still hoarding many buildings in the Kalukku village, Mamuju district.
