Good News From Banjarmasin, City Government Distributes 338 Death Compensation For The Poor In The Amount Of Rp1 Million

JAKARTA - The Banjarmasin City Government, South Kalimantan distributed 338 death benefits for the poor who died throughout 2021. Banjarmasin Mayor H Ibnu Sina in Banjarmasin, Wednesday, said that every poor citizen who died received compensation of Rp. 1 million from the local city government. "According to the Social Welfare Integrated Data (DTKS) validated by the Banjarmasin City Social Service, there are 338 of our citizens who died are entitled to death compensation," he said as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 29. the most for residents in the West Banjarmasin region is more than a hundred people. "There are only 37 people in East Banjarmasin," he said. He said this was an unplanned social spending aid from the city government. "Because the death was not planned, the city government has prepared this aid and it is only now being handed over," he said. Then, even for the management of corpses to burial, they are also assisted," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Banjarmasin City Social Service Iwan Ristianto explained that the budget for death compensation for underprivileged residents is prioritized by the city government. death certificate from the Population and Civil Registration Service (Disdukcapil), and registered in the Integrated Database of the poor," explained Iwan. "Usually, death compensation assistance for the poor is handed out collectively in the middle of the year and at the end of the year. Why not directly on the day of condolence, because there is a mechanism for the financial process. So, the aid goes to the accounts of the deceased's family," he said.