Tanah Bumbu establishes disaster preparedness village

Batulicin, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan, Social Office has established Maju Makmur Village in Batulicin Sub-district as a disaster preparedness village (KSB).

"The establishment of KSB because the village is prone to flood," said Head of Tanah Bumbu Social Office Liana Hamita in Batulicin, Thursday.

Liana, who was accompanied by Head of Social Protection and Security (Linjamsos) Muhammad Supian, said that disaster preparedness village is a community-based disaster mitigation effort in the village.

This program is a community-based disaster management forum which is used as an area or place in mitigating disaster.

"The number of KSB personnel in Maju Makmur Village is 30 village volunteers,” he said.

Supian hopes that the formation of Maju Makmur Village KSB will become a forum for the community or volunteers to help residents in their village in dealing with disasters.

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