Africa-Press – South-Africa. The Western Cape government’s Disaster Management has asked the SANDF for the use of a helicopter to deliver humanitarian aid to flood-hit Citrusdal.
Spokesperson Colin Deiner told News24 the town was under lockdown and that roads were inaccessible due to infrastructural damage.
He added: “All we have asked from the SANDF is the helicopters to go into the communities that were cut off to deliver food and aid on the west coast.
“Those towns are fairly isolated, and the roads have washed away. On Thursday, we used the province’s helicopter to fly out a child with injuries. Now we need to get in there to deliver food and medical supplies, and we can’t reach the areas by road.”
Deiner said some residents of Vredendal had been evacuated from high-risk areas to temporary accommodation.
“It is to make sure they are not in the way of the water in case of heavy rains. We are being proactive with this,” he said.
Meanwhile, aid organisation Gift of the Givers said it would donate essential food and non-food items to be transported to the affected areas.
It said:
Gift of the Givers added that there was always an increase in the number of displaced people as a result of destructive weather conditions.
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