President Slated to Inspect Landslide Area in Banjarnegara

Reporting by Panca Hari Prabowo Jakarta (Antara) - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is scheduled to leave for Banjarnegara district, Central Java, on Sunday morning to inspect the site of a major landslide that buried more than 100 villagers. The President will depart from Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase in East Jakarta at 07.00 a.m. local time. The National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) said on Saturday night 20 bodies of landslide victims at Jemblung hamlet in Banjarnegara district had been evacuated. Banjarnegara district head Sutejo Slamet Utomo said 38 house were buried by the landslide. Nearly 200 of 308 inhabitants of the houses survived. (*)