JAKARTA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's West Sumatra provincial government will turn three villages in the valley of Gunung Tigo to be mass graves following a landslide triggered by a 7.6-Richter Scale earthquake that hit the area and buried about 300 villagers, the Kompas daily reported on Monday.
Meanwhile, the province's Disaster Mitigation Squad said that in the fifth day after the earthquake, 605 people were confirmed dead.
"Three villages named Lubuk Laweh, Pulau Air and Cumanak will turn to mass graves. High cost for excavation would be more useful if it is donated to the survivors," said Ade Edward, the squad's leader.
According to Edward, the landslide areas will be closed and are not permitted to live on.
"We don't want our generation to be the next victims. So, the disaster areas will be closed. So there's a proposal to turn them to mass graves," he said.
Meanwhile, around 50 victims at Belakang Pondok village of West Padang sub district were still missing.
The earthquake rocked the province on Wednesday with Padang, Padang Pariaman and Pariaman were the hardest hit. Another earthquake jolted Jambi province on the following day, killing one and injuring hundreds.
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Rescue team carry the body a victim discovered from the rublle of a hotel toppled in the earthquake in Padang, in West Sumatra province of Indonesia, Oct. 4, 2009. West Sumatra province was hit by 7.6 Richter Scale earthquake that destroyed houses and killed more than 1,000 people.(Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)
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JAKARTA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Earthquake survivors in Indonesia's Padang Pariaman regency looted food aid from the regent office, claiming that they have not received yet any help, the private TV station MetroTV reported on Sunday.
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Indonesia to construct quake resistance buildings in Padang
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Staff members unload relief aids in Padang Airport in West Sumatera Province, Indonesia, Oct. 4, 2009. The relief aid goods and funds arrived successively in Indonesia after a 7.6-magnitude quake hit the area.(Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)
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JAKARTA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government will construct earthquake resistance buildings in quake risk regions, like Padang in West Sumatra province and surrounding areas, an official told Xinhua here on Sunday.
Suprayoga Hadi, the National Development Planning's director for special territories and underdeveloped areas, said that the requirement is very important to prevent the worst scenario. Full story
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Padang, Indonesia, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The number of death toll in Indonesia's 7.6 magnitude quake in West Sumatra province has reached 603 people as of Sunday morning, while 343 others went missing, the provincial Disaster Management Agency reported.
The quake has made 412 people suffered from serious injury and 2,093 others got minor injury, it said. Full story
