Jayapura, Aktual.com – About 500 employees of PT Freeport is still displaced by landslides that occurred in Tembagapura, Monday night (15/2), after the area was heavy rain.
Yustanto police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Mimika, admits of reports received revealed heavy rains that hit the region Tembagapura since Monday afternoon (15/2) to cause mudslides which resulted in a landslide behind the barracks L and F.
“The employees at this time were evacuated in ‘sports hall’ in anticipation of flooding and subsequent landslides since until now heavy raain still hit Tembagapura,” said Yustanto when contacted by phone on Tuesday (16/2).
According to him, there are no reports of employee injuries from the incident, this time the management of PT Freeport reportedly still doing roadwork in the area of the landslide at mile 69 and its surroundings.
Meanwhile a spokesman for PT Freeport Riza Pratama via short messages (SMS) received acknowledges, as a result of heavy rainfall since Monday (15/2) resulted in the overflow of water in several locations in Tembagapura inundating several company-owned facilities such as barracks.
“There are no casualties or injuries as well as the EP team and R PT Freeport Indonesia is now on full alert in some areas and assist with the evacuation of employees whose homes were affected,” said Riza Pratama.
Tembagapura is one of the operational area of PT Freeport is in a mountainous region that can be taken about two hours and a half by using four-wheel vehicles from Timika.
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