Update: 268 Died in Indonesia Earthquake, Jokowi Visits Location

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was leaving for Cianjur Regency, West Java Province on Tuesday afternoon (22/11/2022). Jokowi's visit this time is to ensure that the victims of the Cianjur earthquake receive good treatment.

Quoting a press release from the Presidential Secretariat Bureau, Jokowi want to directly observe the impact of the M5.6 earthquake in Cianjur.

"Several locations that are reviewed directly are hospitals, disaster-affected areas, and also evacuation posts," said Deputy for Protocol, Press, and Media Secretariat of President Bey Machmudin.

As of Tuesday evening, the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB) said there are 268 people who lost their lives because of the earthquake.

For information, Jokowi chose to go to Cianjur Regency by land rather than by air with a helicopter. He wanted to see directly the condition of the road that was damaged by the earthquake.

Apart from that, continued Bey, President Jokowi wanted to ensure logistical assistance, such as food, drinks, medicines, groceries and other assistance for earthquake victims did not encounter any obstacles in their distribution.

The earthquake centered in Cianjur on Monday 21 November 2022 has cut off access to the Cianjur-Cipanas-Puncak Bogor national road. The Cianjur-Bogor access road is closed due to a landslide.

"There are two roads that now cannot be accessed due to landslides, one national road and one district road," said the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy.