Presiden SBY Kunjungi Pengungsi Kelud di Kediri
Kelud Eruption: President Yudhoyono Inspect Evacuation Centers
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) bersama Ibu Ani Yudhoyono dan sejumlah menteri pada Senin siang (17/2) meninjau posko pengungsi erupsi Gunung Kelud di Masjid An-Nuur, Kediri.
"Saya bersama Ibu Negara berkunjung untuk memastikan semua berjalan dengan baik," kata Presiden di tengah kerumunan pengungsi yang memadati posko pengungsi itu.
Kepala Negara kemudian mengucapkan terima kasih atas pelayanan yang telah diberikan kepada para pengungsi.
"Sekali lagi saya mengucapkan semua berjalan dengan baik," katanya.
Posko pengungsi erupsi di Masjid An Nur itu menampung sedikitnya 3.000 pengungsi dari desa-desa sekitar 7-10 kilometer dari Gunung Kelud. Namun pada siang hari hanya tersisa sekitar 1.000 pengungsi yaitu para kaum lanjut usia mengingat para pengungsi yang lain melakukan aktivitas hariannya.
Kedatangan Presiden dan Ibu Ani itu membuat ratusan pengungsi berebut untuk berjabat tangan dengan mereka.
Para pengungsi yang rata-rata kaum lanjut usia itu rata-rata mengalami gangguan pernafasan dan iritasi mata akibat abu vulkanik.
Turut dalam kunjungan kerja kali ini, antara lain Gubernur Jawa Timur Soekarwo, Menko Polhukam Djoko Suyanto, Mensesneg Sudi Silalahi, Menkes Nafsiah Mboi, Mendikbud Mohammad Nuh, dan Menteri Lingkungan Hidup Balthazar Kambuaya.
Kediri (B2B) - President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inspected Mt. Keluds eruption evacuation center at An-Nuur Mosque in Kediri, East Java on Monday.
"Together with the First Lady, I would only want to assure that everything has been handled well," he stated with the evacuees around him.
After being assured that everything was alright he expressed gratitude for all the services that have been provided for the evacuees.
"Thank you again that everything has been okay," he reiterated.
The evacuation center at the mosque accommodates around 3 thousand people coming from villages within a radius of 7 to 10 kilometers from the mountain. At noon, however, the number dropped to only one thousand, mostly senior citizens, as the younger ones went about doing their daily activities.
According to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, the materials, at a height between 1.5 thousand and 3 thousand meters, had been blown northward and northeastward, while at the height of 5 thousand had been blown northwest, while from 10 thousand to 15 thousand meters high was blown westward and southwestward, and at the height of 17 thousand meters, went eastward.
President Yudhoyono was also accompanied by several ministers concerned with the inspection that would later also include Blitar.
