BANDUNG - The West Java Provincial Government has ensured that as many as 15,293 heads of households (KK) who are affected by the policy of temporarily closing mining activities in the Parungpanjang area, Bogor Regency and its surroundings, will receive social assistance (bansos) worth Rp3 million in the 2026 fiscal year.
Head of the West Java Provincial Office of Community and Village Empowerment (DPMD), Mochamad Ade Afriandi, said this step was a continuation of the provincial government's commitment to provide a social safety net after Governor Dedi Mulyadi's decision to stop mine operations for the safety of the environment and residents.
Ade emphasized that the rights of people who had not been distributed in the previous year were the main priority this year.
"People who have not received assistance in 2025 are guaranteed to receive it in 2026," said Ade as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, January 15.
The distribution in 2026 will be divided into two subsequent stages, namely stages III and IV. In detail, stage III will target 6,216 households in Cigudeg and Rumpin Districts.
Meanwhile, for phase IV, social assistance will be distributed to 9,077 households spread across the Parungpanjang, Cigudeg, and Rumpin districts.
This "unplanned" policy of providing social assistance is the government's quick response to the economic impact of Decree Number 7920/ES.09/PEREK dated September 25, 2025.
In the letter, Governor Dedi Mulyadi froze mining activities because the level of environmental damage was considered to have endangered people's lives.
Meanwhile, in December 2025, the West Java Provincial Government has realized the distribution of phases I and II to 2,938 households. Phase I includes 928 households in five villages in Parungpanjang District (Cibunar, Lumpang, Gorowong, Dago, and Jagabaya Villages).
Meanwhile, Phase II targets 2,010 households in four villages in Cigudeg District (Bunar, Cintamanik, Mekarjaya, Tegallega) and four villages in Rumpin District (Rumpin, Sukasari, Sukamulya, Mekarsari).
The total cash assistance of Rp3 million per KK is expected to maintain the purchasing power of the community in the three sub-districts during the transition period of environmental recovery.
Previously, the West Java Provincial Government was said to have provided funds of Rp. 135 billion for compensation payments for 15,000 residents affected by the temporary closure of mines in the Cigudeg, Rumpin and Parungpanjang areas, Bogor Regency for a period of three months.
The calculation of the funds that must be prepared by the West Java Provincial Government is based on the statement of Bogor Regent Rudy Susmanto regarding the compensation funds that will be received by 15,000 affected residents in three sub-districts, namely Cigudeg Sub-district, Parungpanjang Sub-district and Rumpin Sub-district. The compensation fund of Rp. 135 billion for 15,000 residents for three months, each family receiving Rp. 9,000,000, or Rp. 3,000,000 for one month.
"From the initial data, the affected residents are 6,000 plus data from several villages and sub-districts as many as 9,000, so all of them total 15,000. It will be paid by the Provincial Government of West Java as soon as Wednesday next week, January 21, 2026, and at the latest Thursday next week, January 22, 2026. Just a day difference," said Bogor Regent Rudy Susmanto.
Rudy Susmanto also said that the certainty of this disbursement was not because there was pressure from the mass action, but the result of communication that had been carried out by the Bogor Regency Government with the West Java Provincial Government long ago.
The information conveyed by Regent Rudy Susmanto regarding the schedule for payment of compensation funds was a response to questions from affected residents regarding the policy of temporarily closing the mines in Cigudeg, Rumpin and Parungpanjang who had staged a demonstration at the Cigudeg District Office on Monday, January 12, 2026.
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