Jakarta, Aug. 22 -- Indonesian government has pledged sustained assistance for residents affected by 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on August 15, assuring the public that relief operations will continue until normalcy is restored.

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) official made the remarks after BNPB Head Suharyanto visited a quake-hit village on Palue Island, Sikka District, according to a statement cited here in Jakarta on Saturday.

"The recovery of community life will continue to be overseen to enable Palue islanders to safely resume their activities and gradually move past the trauma caused by the earthquake," Acting Head of BNPB Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Center Bert...