Social Minister to visit flood victims in Kampar

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa is to visit flood victims in Kualu village, Tambang sub-district, Kampar District, Riau Province.

"I will see the locations affected by flooding in Kampar, and locations once hit by fires," Minister Khofifah said, here, Saturday.

She will present relief aid worth Rp696 million constituting food, clothes, and evacuation facilities.

The Riau provincial authorities have declared a flood alert status as flooding has spread and killed two inhabitants, while precipitation is still high now.

Three districts - Kampar, Rokan Hulu and Kuantan Singingi, have also declared flood emergency status.

The Riau disaster mitigation office has disbursed Rp500 million to help flood victims in Kampar and Rokan Hulu.

In Kampar, 56 villages located in 12 sub-districts were submerged with floodwaters reaching a height of up to 1.7 meters. Some 26,614 families or 133,070 people were affected.

Floods in Rokan Hulu spread to seven sub-districts, and affected at least 11,438 people. 

Indonesia is currently experiencing the peak of the rainy season that has caused flooding in several regions, including in West Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, North Sumatra, and West and East Kalimantan, in addition to West and Central Java, Jambi, and Aceh.
Source: ANTARA