Antara News, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 17:24 WIB
Karawang, West Java (ANTARA News) - Some 837 hectares of rice fields in Karawang District, West Java , have been submerged by flood waters since last Thursday (March 18) because of repeated overflows of the Citarum River.
"The inundated rice fields are located in eight sub districts, and the worst-affected farming areas are in Ciampel and Klari sub districts," Nachrowi M Nur, head of the Karawang agricultural and forestry office, said here on Wednesday.
The floods caused great material losses to local farmers, he said.
The affected sub districts are Telukjambe Timur, Telukjambe Barat, Karawang Barat, Karawang Timur, Ciampel, Klari, Batujaya, and Pakisjaya.
The floods also invaded over 9,500 houses in Karawang District.
Meanwhile, floods inundated around 7,000 houses in the subdistricts of Baleendah, Dayeuhkolot and Bojongsoang, Bandung district, also in West Java Province, following the overflowing of the Citarum river on Tuesday.
Rice fields in Solokanjeruk and Rancaekek subdistricts, Bandung district, were also deluged.
The flood waters in general were actually beginning to subside but they still stood high in Dayeuhkolot and Baleendah subdistricts, said Mudjiadi, a Bandung district administration official.
Most of the affected residents had abandoned their homes and evacuated to higher ground because of the floods which had been hitting the district over the past four days.
Local authorities have also set up public kitchens and distributed food, medicines, blankets and clothes to flood victims.
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