"Only 20 percent is left undone so by 2012 Indonesia would have had a map of disaster-prone areas," the deputy for the environment and social vulnerability to the coordinating minister for people`s welfare, Willem Rampangilei, said here on Tuesday.
He said a number of relevant agencies such as the National Coordinating Agency for Land Survey and Mapping (Bakosurtanal), the National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) and the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) were working hard to complete the map on schedule.
Hopefully, the map would serve as a reference for the government to prevent and anticipate potential disasters across the country, he said.
"Not only Riau but also all regions need a map of disaster-prone areas that can map potential disasters such as earthquake and flood," he said.
Willem was in Riau to monitor the distribution of relief aid among flash flood victims in Kampar Kiri Hulu subdistrict, Pelalawan district.
Based on a preliminary report, he said the flash flood was caused by the silting up of dam and rivers.
"Therefore, we will try to coordinate agencies at central government level through the Public Works Ministry and the Forestry Ministry to find a long-term solution to prevent a recurrence of the disaster," he said.
A flash flood also swept away tens of houses in Aur Kuning and Batu Sangkar villages, Kampar Kiri sub district, Kampar District, Riau Province after the overflowing of the Kampar River.
At least one person was reportedly killed and two others were still missing in the flood. (*)
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