We raise funds and donations to show our sympathy to the Cianjur quake victimsW Lombok, W Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA) - The West Lombok district government collaborated with mountain bikers' communities in West Nusa Tenggara Province to raise funds and donations for the survivors of Cianjur District's recent deadly earthquake.
"We raise funds and donations to show our sympathy to the Cianjur quake victims," the fund-raising committee's chairperson, Fauzi, stated.
The fund raising took place at the Bukit Cacing neighborhood of Taman Sari 1 Village in Gunungsari Sub-district on Thursday.
The event was attended by West Lombok District Head Fauzan Khalid and coordinators of the mountain bikers' communities in the districts of East Lombok, Central Lombok, West Lombok, North Lombok, and Mataram City.
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"I thank the event organizers as well as donators, sub-district heads, and West Lombok district head for your support," he affirmed.
Meanwhile, Fauzan Khalid said he supported this event to show sympathy to the Cianjur quake victims, as the residents of Lombok Island had experienced a similar catastrophe in 2018.
At that time, the earthquake that jolted Lombok Island in 2018 had also claimed many lives and destroyed several buildings, he pointed out.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake had jolted Cianjur District in West Java Province on November 21 at 1:21 p.m. local time.
The Cianjur district government revealed that the death toll from the recent earthquake had increased, from 334 on December 4 to 602 on December 14.
The number of houses brought down and severely damaged by the recent earthquake had also increased to 8,151.
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"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 stated on December 4.
Alamsyah said the number of houses suffering moderate damages had 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 remarked while adding that the earthquake had also severely damaged 525 school buildings, 269 houses of worship, 14 healthcare facilities, and 17 office buildings.
According to Alamsyah, the government has prepared 2.5 hectares of land in Sirnagalih Village to be used for building 200 earthquake-resistant houses.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has planned to build 500 units of temporary housing for Cianjur District's residents whose houses were brought down and severely damaged by the recent deadly earthquake.
The temporary housing would be built in two villages in Cugenang Sub-district and Nagrak Village in Cianjur Sub-district, Coordinator of the PMI-Cianjur Office's Disaster Emergency Response Unit Fajar Aciana noted in a recent statement.
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