By Bernama
Mataram : At least 21,545 families in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province live at disaster-prone areas, chief of Social Service and Women Empowerment office Lalu Junaidi Najamudin said here on Friday.
“They reside along river banks, coastal areas, and mountain slopes in Tanung, Bayan, and Sembalun areas,” Indonesia’s ANTARA news agency quoted Lalu Junaidi as saying.
He added another33,765 were the victims of past natural disasters such as earth quakes, floods, storms, tidal waves and fire, while 18,878 families were the victims of social disasters but they had been given food and medical assistance, makeshift tents and blankets.
Besides the victims of disaster, Lalu Junaidi said other hundreds of thousands of families with social and economic problem are living in nine districts and municipalities in the province.
To help the victims adequately-fed, around 915 social-related organizations (Orsos) in all districts and towns had been mobilized to distribute food and medical assistance to them.