Kelud Meletus, Kemensos Salurkan Rp3,6 Miliar untuk Penanganan Pengungsi
Kelud Eruption: Indonesian Govt Spends Rp3.6 Billion for Victim Across Three Districts
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Kementerian Sosial sudah menyalurkan bantuan senilai Rp3,6 miliar untuk penanganan pengungsi korban erupsi Gunung Kelud di Provinsi Jawa Timur.
"Untuk tiga kabupaten yaitu Blitar, Malang dan Kediri sudah disalurkan Rp3,6 miliar," kata Kasubdit Tanggap Darurat Kementerian Sosial Iyan Kusmadiana di Jakarta, Jumat.
Bantuan tersebut berupa logistik seperti makanan, lauk pauk, kebutuhan anak, perlengkapan keluarga, tenda dan lainnya.
Kementerian Sosial juga membuka dapur umum untuk pengungsi yang terpusat di Pujon Kabupaten Malang, Kota Batu, dan Kepung di Kediri.
"Selama tanggap darurat dapur umum kita terus beroperasi dan sudah menyalurkan nasi bungkus untuk ribuan pengungsin" tambah Iyan.
Status Gunung Kelud sejak Kamis (20/2) diturunkan dari Awas (level IV) menjadi Siaga (level III) oleh Pusat Vulkanologi Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG).
Data aktivitas vulkanik sejak 14 - 20 Februari menunjukkan tidak ada gempa-gempa vulkanik dan tremor sehingga kemungkinan Kelud tidak akan meletus lagi saat ini.
Sedangkan masyarakat tetap diimbau waspada terutama yang tinggal dan beraktivitas di bantaran sungai terhadap ancaman lahar dingin.
Gunung Kelud mulai erupsi pada Kamis (13/2) pukul 22.50 WIB disusul erupsi besar pada pukul 23.30 WIB.
Akibat erupsi Kelud, hujan abu menyebar di beberapa wilayah sepertu Kediri, Malang, Blitar, Surabaya, Ponorogo, Pacitan, Solo, Yogya, Boyolali, Magelang, Purworejo, Temanggung.
Sejumlah penerbangan dari Bandara Juanda, Adi Sumarmo, dan Adi Sucipto untuk sementara ditutup karena terdampak hujan abu Gunung Kelud.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Social Ministry deployed various humanitarian aids worth Rp3.6 Billion to help the victims of Mount Keluds eruption in East Java province.
"The aid is for victims across three districts namely Blitar, Malang and Kediri," Ministrys Chief of Rapid Response Unit Iyan Kusmadiana stated here on Friday.
Iyan noted, adding that among humanitarian aid sent to the victims were food, childrens needs, family kit and tents.
He also explained that the ministry had opened two public kitchens in Malang and Kediri districts, to provide food for the victims of the Mt Kelud eruption.
Meanwhile, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), since Thursday (Feb. 20), had lowered the alert level of Mt Kelud to aware.
"Data of volcanic activity gathered between Feb. 14 and Feb. 20, showed no volcanic earthquakes and tremors, which indicates that Mount Kelud will not erupt again," Head of Data and Information Center of Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho noted in a statement here on Thursday.
The demoted status, therefore, allows residents to return to their homes outside the exclusion zone, an area within a five- kilometer radius of the volcanos crater.
However, the residents should remain alert as cold lava still poses a threat, especially for those residing in areas near the rivers, Nugroho added.
Previously, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), rain-triggered lahars streamed from Mount Kelud and gushed into the River Konto, inundating the farming areas in the Kandangan subdistrict, Pare district and Badas subdistrict, and Kediri district, East Java Province.
Following the eruption, Mount Kelud is estimated to be currently holding about 50 million cubic meters of volcanic materials on its slopes. The cold lava can stream down any time, particularly when it rains.
Three main rivers whose upstream areas are located on Mount Kelud are Petung Kobong, Sumber Agung, and Gedog.
Mount Kelud erupted on February 13, at 22.50 West Indonesian Time (WIB). The major explosive eruption of the 1,731-meter volcano could be heard in Solo (Central Java) and Yogyakarta, which are located around 200 km away. It spewed up gravel and ash that reached up to the West Nusa Tenggara and West Java provinces, which are hundreds of kilometers away.
