China News Agency, Jakarta, December 2 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) The Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency reported on the 2nd that as of the afternoon of the same day, the death toll caused by the 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Zhanyu County, West Java Province had risen to 331. Eleven people are missing.
Search and rescue work is still continuing.
The earthquake left nearly 115,000 people homeless, and the Indonesian disaster relief authorities set up nearly 500 temporary settlements to house the victims.
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister of Human Development and Culture Muhajir said on the same day that although the search and rescue stage is still in progress, the recovery and reconstruction work in the disaster area has been carried out simultaneously.
The country's construction department and local government have selected several locations for centralized relocation and resettlement of victims who were destroyed by the earthquake and are no longer suitable for people to live in.
Zhanyu County Magistrate Herman Sukhman reported on the same day that the Indonesian government has verified 24,107 houses damaged in the earthquake, and will give 10 million Indonesian rupiah for light damage, moderate damage and severe damage ( RMB 4,600), subsidies of 25 million rupiah and 50 million rupiah.
Sukhman said that the army and the police will participate in the reconstruction of the disaster area and help low- and middle-income victims build new or repair damaged houses.
Over the past few days, Indonesian Chinese communities and Chinese-funded enterprises have donated money and materials to help people in the disaster-stricken areas tide over the most difficult period.
The local branch of the Indian Chinese Hundred Surnames Association cooperates with the local government and disaster relief departments in the disaster area, sending people to the disaster area every day, and distributing disaster relief materials including rice, drinking water and sheets to the victims door to door; the Indonesian Hakka Friendship Association, Chaozhou Associations and other associations have also sent urgently needed clean drinking water, food and daily necessities to the people in the disaster areas.
Bank of China Jakarta Branch donated 200 million Indonesian rupiah to the earthquake-stricken area through the Indonesian Red Cross Society. Zhang Chaoyang, the bank's president, said that he hoped to help the people in the disaster-stricken area to overcome difficulties and rebuild their homes; A batch of daily necessities such as diapers, milk powder, washing supplies, quilts and urgently needed medicines were donated and delivered to the disaster area.
At 13:21 local time on November 21 (14:21 Beijing time), a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in Zhanyu County, West Java Province, Indonesia, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
The earthquake caused a large number of house collapses and heavy casualties.
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