PIDIE JAYA, Indonesia (Xinhua) — Emergency relief aid has been flowing into quake-hit areas in Aceh province of western Indonesia after a strong quake hit the territory last Wednesday, but more assistance is desperately needed by thousands of survivors.

The shallow-underland quake of 6.4-magnitude has left over 10,000 people displaced in Pidie Jaya district, Pidie district, and Bureaun district after damaging nearly 11,000 houses, buildings, hospitals, bridges and infrastructure, according to data from an aid centre in Pidie Jaya district released on Friday.

Food, medicine, tents, clothes and others emergency relief aid have been received by the quake survivors, and scores others will arrive soon at the quake-affected areas, said Cut Dia, press officer of the disaster agency in Pidie Jaya district.

“Two trucks are transporting logistics and drugs for the quake survivors here,” Cut told Xinhua at the centre on Friday.

The assistance was also aimed at supporting search and rescue operations as some aid has been received by the authorities, such as two ambulances, four units of excavators, 12 trucks, tents and others, Cut said.

“Blankets, tents and foods are among those badly needed by the displaced persons. Still, the number of the aids already distributed remains insufficient,” she added.

The Indonesian Red Cross has also distributed around nine tons of hygiene kits, tons of clean water, drugs and logistics, according to Wisnu Wardana, spokesman of the Red Cross.

Specialists for orthopaedics and doctors have also been deployed by the non-government health organisation, and scores of other emergency relief aids are being transported to the quake-hit areas, he told Xinhua.

The catastrophe has boosted solidarity among the Acehneses and those from other parts of the archipelago as they have contributed to the emergency relief attempt, Rafiati, head of the social department at Pidie Jaya district, told Xinhua.

At present, most of the survivors took shelter in makeshift tents, mosques, and relatives’ houses, Yusmazi, head of the emergency unit at disaster agency in Pidie Jaya district, said.

In one of the shelters in Pangwa village of Pidie Jaya district, hundreds of displaced persons looked despondent, having lost their homes, and some of them fear the possibility of a repeat of the December 2004 tsunami catastrophe that left over 170,000 people dead and massive infrastructure damage in the province.