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A citizen
Pidie Jaya
, Aceh, Meli Susialana was forced to eat rice so she could breastfeed her child because she was trapped at home
flood
happened.
Meli was trapped for 2 days and 3 nights with her family, including a 10 month old baby.They had to endure hunger because there was no food at home.
“There is no food, we are fasting. I want this child to have breast milk, I eat rice, we peel rice, we eat rice,” said Meli on hitclubapk3 Indonesia TV, Thursday (4/12).
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To drink, Meli and her family collect rainwater.They were finally rescued by the SAR Team.
Another Pidie Jaya resident, Rita, was also trapped at home when the flood hit.
“The second day we had to go down because
poor thing
“The children haven’t eaten and are crying,” said Rita.
Based on data from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra have caused 776 deaths and 564 victims were missing during the search.
To date, the government has not yet designated the flood and landslide disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra as national disasters, despite many calls from various parties.
Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK), Pratikno, said that although it has not been declared a national disaster, disaster management has been carried out nationally.
Pratikno explained that all ministries/institutions had been ordered by President Prabowo to mobilize maximum resources.
“All ministries/institutions were ordered by the President, including the TNI-Polri, BNPB and all components to mobilize their resources as fully as possible to deal with the disaster in Sumatra. So once again the handling is really full force handling nationally,” said Pratikno at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, Wednesday (3/12).
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