OCHA Situation Report No. 12
Indonesia: Floods
Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-Bekasi
1 March 2007

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

This report has been prepared by the UN HC/RC Office in Indonesia based 
on information provided by the National Coordinating Board for the 
Management of Disaster (BAKORNAS PB), the Provincial Coordinating Unit 
for the Management of Disaster (SATKORLAK PB) Jakarta, the Indonesian 
Red Cross (PMI), the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG), and media 
reports.

I. SITUATION

1. One month after the floods hit JABODETABEK, the general situation in 
affected areas has returned to normal. The continued low intensity rains 
have not alarmed the community and have not hampered clean up 
activities. The number of patients undergoing treatment in hospitals has 
gradually decreased, although there is an increase in number of deaths 
due to water-borne disease. The Ministry of Health (MoH) reports that as 
of 28 February, in-patients across JABODETABEK hospitals have totaled 
980. Of those patients, 357 suffer from diarrhea and 312 from dengue. To 
date, 22 people have died due to complications from diarrhea and 16 
people from dengue.  Meanwhile, outpatients have totaled 209,576 
persons.  The number of positive leptospirosis patients has increased to 
208, while 15 people have died.  One of three tetanus patients has died, 
while one has recovered and the other one is still undergoing treatment 
in Pelabuhan hospital.

2. BAKORNAS PB has informed that as of 27 February there are no more 
flooded areas. The death toll in affected areas remains the same: 48 in 
Jakarta, 13 in Banten, and 7 in Bekasi. In South Jakarta, 936 people 
continue to live in alternate shelters as their houses are heavily 
damage or covered in mud.

II. NATIONAL RESPONSE

3. Crisis Management Centre of Ministry of Health (MoH) continues to 
provide health assistance through Provincial Health Offices in each 
affected area in JABODETABEK. MoH continues its operation of a field 
hospital in Koja hospital.

4. South Jakarta SATLAK PB continues to distribute food and non-food 
items to displaced people on Pancoran Sub-district of South Jakarta. 
Clean up activities in these areas are continuing with support from the 
South Jakarta Public Works Office. The South Jakarta Military Area 
Command (KODIM) has mobilized 75 personnel and two trucks to help clean 
up activities in Mampang and Rawajati areas.

5. PMI in cooperation with a local NGO, Obin House, has provided health 
services to communities in Kebon Baru and Pangadegan.

6. Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center (MDMC) has conducted 
post-floods response activities by sending eight medical teams to help 
local health offices in preventing the spread of water-borne diseases, 
providing water purification and sanitation materials (with support from 
the Government of Singapore), and delivering school materials and 
stationery for school children in South Jakarta.

III. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

7. OXFAM, through local partner Global Rescue Network (GRN), has engaged 
a wheel loader in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. The wheel loader has 
loaded on average 14 truckloads of waste per day in its four days of 
operation. OXFAM will also operate the loader in other targeted areas in 
East Jakarta to complement the solid waste management activities. 
Through local partner Da Jarub, OXFAM has also mobilized five 
communities in Cawang sub-sub district of East Jakarta. OXFAM will 
continue to focus activities on waste management and clean-up in 
affected areas, complemented by public health activities. Activities 
will be targeted in the sub-sub districts of Cipinang Melayu, Cawang, 
and Bidaracina in East Jakarta, and Kebayoran Baru sub-sub district in 
South Jakarta.

8. Through the Emergency Response Funds (ERF), UN OCHA has received USD 
266,576 from HRH Prince Alwaleed of the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 
Five projects from Muslim Aid, Lembaga Pelayanan Kesehatan Nahdlatul 
Ulama, Plan Indonesia, Youth Ending Hunger Indonesia, and CWS have been 
approved. Through this contribution, the projects are supporting clean 
up activities, as well as providing food and non-food items, and health 
services in affected areas in DKI Jakarta, Tangerang and Bekasi.

9. OCHA will remain in close contact with the UN Resident Coordinator in 
Jakarta, and pending further developments this will be last situation 
report for this emergency.

7. This situation report, together with further information on ongoing 
emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website 
http://www.reliefweb.int/.


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