BUMN Synergy To Help Landslide And Flood Victims In Bogor

JAKARTA - PT Askrindo (Persero), PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, and Perum Perhutani, as well as the Lintas Sungai Abadi Foundation (Yalisa) as the operation team carried out an emergency response to natural floods and landslides that occurred in Bogor Regency by establishing a Command Post BUMN Cares in Kalong Sawah Village, Jasinga District, Bogor Regency.

The team that is currently formed is focused on overcoming disasters by encouraging logistics and medicines to the affected victims. Not only that, the synergy of BUMN that has been established has supported the supplies for volunteers from Yalisa and helped provide logistics for victims of the disaster in the form of ready-to-eat food, medicines, blankets, and so on.

In his visit to the disaster site, PT Askrindo's Director of Compliance and Human Resources, Firman Berhima, participated in helping residents affected by floods and landslides in several locations not far from the post, including in Lawang Taji, Cilame, and Cigowong.

Firman said, the flood and landslide disaster relief operation was a form of concern and disaster response from Askrindo, Bank Mandiri, Perhutani and other BUMNs.

"In the flood and landslide disaster relief operations, volunteers will be endeavored to reach several disaster locations in Bogor Regency according to the results of the team's field data collection so that as much assistance as possible is distributed evenly in all disaster locations," Firman said in a statement received, Saturday, January 4.

He added, Askrindo together with Bank Mandiri and Perhutani will continue to support the needs that have been recorded in the Posko that have been established.

"From the team's information in the field, there were 10 villages that were affected by floods and landslides with quite severe conditions. For this reason, we (Askrindo) and the BUMNs that have been assigned (Bank Mandiri and Perhutani) will provide logistical support and the necessary medicines based on the data has been collected by the team. Hopefully what we are doing as a state-owned company can help the affected victims and the situation here can recover soon, "said Firman.

Apart from providing logistical assistance to the BUMN Peduli Post in Jasinga District, Perum Perhutani also built three posts in three affected sub-districts, including Cigudeg District, Nanggung District, and Sukajaya District.

On the first day of the establishment of the BUMN Peduli post on Friday January 3, aid was distributed to several locations in the form of 1420 ready-to-eat food packages, 1400 bottles of mineral drinking water, 1000 boxes of UHT milk, 1000 packs of bread, 1000 blankets, 1000 sets of mattresses, a set of telecommunication components. radio (RIG) for volunteer equipment, as well as medicines that work together with Kimia Farma.

Furthermore, the BUMN Peduli post will distribute other forms of assistance based on requests from the results of data collection carried out by the team in the field so that they are right on target and on benefits.