TEMPO.CO, Palu - President Joko Widodo or Jokowi said the repair of the relay stations in Palu City, Central Sulawesi, took a long time due to the severe damage caused by the Palu earthquake.
“There are seven relay stations; five of them were damaged. [And] handling them takes a week or two, not a day or two,” Jokowi said while reviewing the evacuation of victims at Roa-Roa Hotel, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Wednesday, October 3.
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The electricity network in Palu was totally dead for six days after the earthquake and tsunami. The government will provide several small generators. “I think the 40 percent [generators] have already provided. Later, it will be provided again,” said Jokowi.
An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale shook Donggala, Central Sulawesi, on Friday, September 28, at 5:02 p.m. Until Tuesday, October 2, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) noted that there had been 1,234 dead victims.
SYAFIUL HADI