"We had handed over our cash aid yesterday. It was symbolically received by the Cianjur district government's secretary, Cecep Alamsyah," Acting Bangka Belitung Islands Governor Ridwan Djamaluddin stated.
The funds donated to the Cianjur earthquake victims were taken from the source of the provincial government's unexpected expenditures, he remarked here, Thursday.
After symbolically handing over the donated funds, acting governor Ridwan Djamaluddin said he visited Cibulakan Village in Cugenang Sub-district and met with residents suffering from the impacts of the deadly quake.
Several residents that he met thanked the people and government of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province for their solidarity and sympathy, he remarked.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake had jolted Cianjur District in West Java Province on November 21 at 1:21 p.m. local time.
According to the Cianjur district administration, the number of houses brought down and severely damaged by the recent earthquake had increased to 8,151.
"The number of severely damaged houses has increased, from 7,817 to 8,151 units. They all have been verified," Secretary of the Cianjur District Government Cecep Alamsyah noted at a press conference on December 4.
Alamsyah said the number of houses that were moderately damaged also increased, from 10,589 to 11,210 units.
The number of houses with mild damages also went up, from 17,195 to 18,469 units, he said, adding that the earthquake had also severely damaged 525 school buildings, 269 houses of worship, 14 healthcare facilities, and 17 office buildings.
As of December 4, death toll in the Cianjur quake had reached 334, while eight residents were still missing, he stated.
According to Alamsyah, the government has prepared 2.5 hectares of land in Sirnagalih Village to be used for building 200 earthquake-resistant houses. The deadly quake has triggered an outpouring of sympathy from various strata of society, such as Andalas University (Unand), a leading public university in West Sumatra Province.
The university, on Sunday (Dec 4), dispatched six members of its nursing faculty to join a humanitarian mission in Cianjur District.
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