JAKARTA - The Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi said the government was not only focusing on handling in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, but also monitoring disasters that occurred in other areas, such as South Kalimantan.
"In addition to the disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, but the government continues to monitor disasters in other places, a few days ago there was a disaster in South Kalimantan," said Prasetyo at the Post-disaster Recovery and Strategic Plan Conference before the End of Year at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, Jakarta, Monday, December 29 reported by ANTARA.
The Minister of Home Affairs said that there were several villages affected by the flash flood disaster that occurred in Balangan Regency, South Kalimantan.
The government has also asked the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) to accelerate handling and continue to monitor developments in the field.
"There are several villages that are affected, we have also asked BNPB to also monitor and of course if it requires emergency handling, as soon as possible," he said.
Heavy flooding hit several villages in Tebing Tinggi and Halong sub-districts, Balangan Regency, on Saturday (27/12).
The Balangan Police Chief AKBP Yulianor Abdi said the worst disaster in the two sub-districts was hit by flash floods, while another sub-district was also affected, but only a normal flood, namely in Awayan District.
"The worst happened in Tebing Tinggi District, specifically in Juuh Village, Sungsum, and Gunung Batu," he said on the sidelines of reviewing the flood location.
Yulianor said that the affected residents' houses in the village were moderately to severely damaged, although the number of affected houses had not been collected, but it was estimated to reach hundreds more.
Meanwhile, the Balangan Regency Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), South Kalimantan (Kalsel), reported that 10,949 people were affected and 3,511 houses were submerged due to flooding in 27 villages spread across seven sub-districts in Balangan.
"The Balangan Regency Government (Pemkab) has set the emergency response status for flood disaster management until January 3, 2026," said Balangan Regent Abdul Hadi when reviewing the post-flood affected location in Tebing Tinggi District, Balangan, Sunday (28/12).
He expressed his concern over the flood disaster that hit a number of villages, especially in Tebing Tinggi and Halong Districts.
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