Korban Cuaca Ekstrim di Distrik Kuyawage Sulit Didata

JAYAPURA - Pemerintah Provinsi Papua hingga kini masih kesulitan mendata jumlah korban akibat cuaca ekstrim di Distrik Kuyawage, Kabupaten Lanny Jaya, Provinsi Papua.

Hal itu disampaikan Kepala Pelaksana Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD) Papua, Welliam R. Manderi, Jumat (5/8/2022), di Jayapura.

Menurut dia, tim BPBD Papua bersama Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) Pusat sebenarnya sudah berupaya mendata korban bencana langsung ke tiga kampung di Distrik Kuyawage, yang terdampak embun beku. Sayangnya karena pertimbangan keamanan, tim kemudian tak diinjinkan melakukan perjalanan.

"Sehingga tim yang sudah bertolak ke Tiom, Ibukota Lanny Jaya untuk selanjutnya ke lokasi titik terdampak, namun Kapolres Lanny Jaya tidak menginjikan karena faktor keamanan," tegasnya.

Manderi berharap semua korban terdampak bencana embun beku segera terdata. Sebab nantinya data itu akan dipakai untuk mengindentifikasi jumlah bantuan yang bakal disalurkan kesana, baik lewat Pemprov Papua dan pusat.

Sebelumnya, Manajer Pusat Pengendalian Operasi BPBD Provinsi Papua, Jonathan Koirewoa memastikan Pemerintah Kabupaten Lanny Jaya telah menetapkan status tanggap darurat kejadian bencana yang terjadi di Distrik Kuyawage. 

Surat Keputusan (SK) status tanggap darurat sudah ditetapkan pemerintah setempat, namun karena tidak sesuai pedoman manajemen sistem komando penanganan darurat bencana, maka direvisi dan telah ditetapkan pada 4 Agustus 2022.

Surat Keputusan Bupati tentang status tanggap darurat kejadian bencana embun beku dan hujan es di Kabupaten Lanny Jaya itu berlaku selama 90 hari terhitung mulai 25 Juli hingga 25 Oktober 2022. 

Sementara akibat bencana embun beku di Lanny Jaya, sebanyak empat orang dilaporkan meninggal dunia. Terdiri dari dua orang dewasa dan dua balita. Sedangkan 61 orang dilaporkan sakit ringan. Total terdampak embun beku mencapai 548 jiwa.***

JAYAPURA - The Papua Provincial Government is still having difficulty recording the number of victims due to extreme weather in Kuyawage District, Lanny Jaya Regency, Papua.

This was conveyed by the Chief Executive of the Papua Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Welliam R. Manderi, Friday (5/8/2022), in Jayapura.

According to him, the BPBD Papua team together with the Central National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) have actually tried to record disaster victims directly to three villages in Kuyawage District, which were affected by frost. Unfortunately due to safety considerations, the team was then not allowed to travel.

"So that the team that has left for Tiom, the capital of Lanny Jaya, to go to the location of the affected point, but the Lanny Jaya Police Chief did not permit because of the safety factor," he said.

Manderi hopes that all victims affected by the frost disaster will be recorded soon. The data will be used to identify the amount of aid that will be distributed there, both through the Papua Provincial Government and the central government.

Previously, the Manager of the Operations Control Center for Papua Province of BPBD, Jonathan Koirewoa, confirmed that the Lanny Jaya Regency Government had determined the emergency response status for the disaster that occurred in Kuyawage District.

The Decree for emergency response status has been set by the local government, but because it is not in accordance with the management guidelines of the disaster emergency management command system, it was revised and has been set on August 4, 2022.

The Regent's Decree on the emergency response status of frost and disaster in Lanny Jaya Regency is valid for 90 days from July 25 to October 25, 2022. 

Meanwhile, due to the frost disaster in Lanny Jaya, as many as four people were reported to have died. It consists of two adults and two toddlers. Meanwhile, 61 people were reported to be mildly ill. Total affected by frost reached 548 people. ***