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NATIONAL SURVEY AGENCY TO MAP QUAKE DAMAGE IN W SUMATRA
Cibinong, Indonesia, Oct. 7 (ANTARA) - The National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping (Bakosurtanal) is to send a special team to West Sumatra to map the damage caused by the magnitude-7.6 earthquake that struck the province on Wednesday (Sept 30).
"The result of the mapping operation will be used in drawing up the reconstruction plan for West Sumatra," Bakosurtanal Secretary Sukendra Martha said here on Wednesday.
Sukendra said the 6-man mapping team would stay in West Sumatra province for about four days.
About the scale of the map to be made, Sukendra said the Bakosurtanal team would draw a detailed map on a scale of 1:10.000 covering all of West Sumatra's western coastal areas.
"The map will show the scale of the damage suffered by buildings, roads and other public facilities in West Sumatra due to Wednesday's powerful temblor," he said.
The mapping team would use the Global Positioning System (GPS) combined with pictures of the quake-affected areas. Data collected by Bakosurtnal teams that surveyed West Sumatra before would also be used as supporting information.
Earlier, it was reported the government would soon set up a special agency for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of quake-devastated West Sumatra province.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had asked relevant agencies to find the right model of organization to carry out rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in the province, former chief of the Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Board (BRR) Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said after a limited cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office here on Monday.
The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) was expected to discuss the model of organization with the Finance Ministry on Tuesday, he said.
In his directives prior to the cabinet meeting, President Yudhoyono had said the pattern of the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in West Sumatra should similar to those applied in the reconstruction of tsunami-hit Aceh and quake-affected Yogyakarta.
Kuntoro said it was such model of organization that would carry out rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in West Sumatra.
"But the definitive model of the organization will be decided tomorrow," he said.
The Sept 30 quake left hundreds of people dead and thousands of houses damaged.
Official data from the West Sumatra natural disaster mitigation task force show by Monday afternoon the magnitude 7.6 quake had killed 704 people.
In addition, some 295 victims have remained missing, 746 others were seriously and 1,344 slightly injured.
The quake also caused major damage to 101,653 houses, moderate damage to 48,966 houses, and minor damage to 49,026 houses.
The quake was centered 78 km northwest of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province, at a depth of 71 km in the seabed. ***
"The result of the mapping operation will be used in drawing up the reconstruction plan for West Sumatra," Bakosurtanal Secretary Sukendra Martha said here on Wednesday.
Sukendra said the 6-man mapping team would stay in West Sumatra province for about four days.
About the scale of the map to be made, Sukendra said the Bakosurtanal team would draw a detailed map on a scale of 1:10.000 covering all of West Sumatra's western coastal areas.
"The map will show the scale of the damage suffered by buildings, roads and other public facilities in West Sumatra due to Wednesday's powerful temblor," he said.
The mapping team would use the Global Positioning System (GPS) combined with pictures of the quake-affected areas. Data collected by Bakosurtnal teams that surveyed West Sumatra before would also be used as supporting information.
Earlier, it was reported the government would soon set up a special agency for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of quake-devastated West Sumatra province.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had asked relevant agencies to find the right model of organization to carry out rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in the province, former chief of the Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Board (BRR) Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said after a limited cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office here on Monday.
The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) was expected to discuss the model of organization with the Finance Ministry on Tuesday, he said.
In his directives prior to the cabinet meeting, President Yudhoyono had said the pattern of the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in West Sumatra should similar to those applied in the reconstruction of tsunami-hit Aceh and quake-affected Yogyakarta.
Kuntoro said it was such model of organization that would carry out rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in West Sumatra.
"But the definitive model of the organization will be decided tomorrow," he said.
The Sept 30 quake left hundreds of people dead and thousands of houses damaged.
Official data from the West Sumatra natural disaster mitigation task force show by Monday afternoon the magnitude 7.6 quake had killed 704 people.
In addition, some 295 victims have remained missing, 746 others were seriously and 1,344 slightly injured.
The quake also caused major damage to 101,653 houses, moderate damage to 48,966 houses, and minor damage to 49,026 houses.
The quake was centered 78 km northwest of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province, at a depth of 71 km in the seabed. ***
