Padang, W Sumatra (ANTARA) - The West Sumatra police's Mobile Brigade Unit has deployed a field kitchen truck to disburse food and drinks to residents displaced by the 6.1-magnitude (M) earthquake at several evacuation sites.
In addition to the field kitchen vehicle, the police also dispatched a water treatment car to help those in need, West Sumatra Police Spokesperson Senior Commissioner Satake Bayu Setianto said here on Sunday.
“The vehicles have arrived in West Pasaman District soon after the earthquake hit on February 25, 2022," he stated.
The field kitchen truck helps provide the earthquake survivors with cooked meals, such as fried rice.
“The refugees can directly take the meal assistance at the public kitchen post. Later, the officers will also deliver the cooked meal packages to temporary shelters which are far away from the post," he said.
Meanwhile, the water treatment car is deployed to provide quality drinking water for those in need.
Earlier, the regional police had also sent four trucks bringing a number of relief aid packages for the earthquake survivors in West Pasaman District and Pasaman District, West Sumatra Province.
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"We hope that the aid provided by us and the resort police precincts can help ease the burden of the refugees," West Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Teddy Minahasa Putra said.
The aid packages distributed to locals consist of basic necessities, blankets, clothes, and instant food, he said.
The regional police had also established four emergency posts at the West Pasaman police precinct, West Pasaman Regional Hospital, West Pasaman Ibnu Sina Hospital, as well as Kajai Village community health center.
Along with their counterparts from local military as well as disaster mitigation agency, they also help evacuate the residents, he said.
As of February 27, 2022, at 03:45 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB), the West Pasaman Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded that about 10,700 residents were displaced due to the earthquake.
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