JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works (PU) Dody Hanggodo ensured that his party will focus on opening road access or connectivity for all Tapanuli areas affected by floods and landslides in Sumatra.
"So, our focus in North Sumatra is to open all connectivity leading to Tapanuli, both North, South and Central Tapanuli," said Dody at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 2.
The three areas are known to be the worst affected areas due to floods and landslides in North Sumatra last week.
According to Dody, the opening of road access or connectivity is very important because it accelerates the distribution of aid to affected areas.
"I focus on connectivity so that assistance can be done by land," he said.
He said his party would increase the number of heavy equipment to open the route. In addition, it also helps evacuate.
He said that currently the heavy equipment used was still sourced from the local province. Dody said the Ministry of Public Works would add heavy equipment from provinces that were not affected by the disaster.
"If we don't take it from provinces that are not affected. For example, West Sumatra, North Sumatra and Aceh were affected, Riau was not affected, we took it from Riau. The closest ones, for example Bengkulu, Lampung, we borrowed all of them," he explained.
Previously, Dody said that the floods and landslides that occurred in the last few days were usually due to human negligence in protecting God's nature.
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This was revealed by Dody at the 2025 Sutami Awards at the Auditorium of the Ministry of Public Works, Jakarta, Monday night, December 1.
"Because how can all these disasters usually be because of ourselves, the humans are negligent about their creations," said Dody.
It is known that Dody's statement responded to the floods and landslides that occurred in Sumatra and Aceh last week.
The incident has also resulted in hundreds of people dying and there are still victims who have not been found so far.
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