JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian has ensured that rice stocks for disaster-affected areas, namely North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh, are safe for the next six months.
The Minister of Home Affairs said that he had confirmed directly to Bulog regarding the availability of the stock.
"I myself have checked directly to the Lhokseumawe warehouse, that is for Lhokseumawe, Bireuen, and North Aceh there are 28 thousand tons there. Enough for nine months even there," said Tito as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, January 5.
The explanation was given by the Minister of Home Affairs after the Opening Apel of the Ministry of Home Affairs Task Force in the context of Accelerating the Activation of Government and Public Services after the Aceh Disaster at the Aceh Tamiang Regency Office Complex, Aceh.
However, he said the challenge was how the rice stock could be distributed to disaster areas, especially in areas that were difficult to access.
Tito also conveyed the government's commitment to immediately recover the agricultural sector in affected areas, including Aceh.
Moreover, one of the government's priority programs is food self-sufficiency so that the agricultural sector becomes the main concern.
"Well, he (the Minister of Agriculture) has made a program to revive existing rice fields, so that they are normal, and can even be optimized," he said.
On the other hand, the Minister of Home Affairs also touched on assistance for people whose houses were damaged, both in the light, medium, and heavy categories.
He asked the regional heads to immediately prepare data on affected people as a reference for the government in distributing assistance.
The Minister of Home Affairs said that the government had prepared various assistance for people whose houses were affected.
For example, people with lightly damaged houses will be given assistance of Rp. 15 million and damaged Rp. 30 million. Meanwhile, people whose houses are severely damaged, including those who are missing, will be replaced by the government in the form of permanent housing (huntap).
The government has also prepared other assistance, such as the Housing Waiting Fund (DTH) during the process of building the huntap.
He appealed to regional heads to utilize the role of village heads or keuchik in the data collection process so that it can proceed quickly.
According to him, the village head is the party who understands the conditions of his citizens, including those affected by disasters and experiencing house damage.
"I respectfully ask, if you want to be quick, please fix this data. And we make it simple," he said.
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