Ministry Of Public Works Sends 298 Heavy Equipment To Help Recovery Post-Banbanjir Bandang Sumatra

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The Ministry of Public Works (PU) has deployed 298 units of heavy equipment for post-disaster recovery that occurred in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra (North Sumatra) and West Sumatra (West Sumatra), in recent weeks.

"The heavy equipment is used to clean landslides, restore river flow, repair damaged road bodies and install a bailey bridge to reopen connectivity between regions," said Dody, quoted from a written statement, Friday, December 12.

In addition, the Ministry of Public Works has also deployed a total of 310 personnel in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, consisting of elements of water resources, margas development and work creation.

"Personnel have responded quickly, inspected the affected infrastructure and supported the regional emergency handling command," he said.

Dody explained, until December 10, 2025, at 22.00 WIB, there were 1,355 disaster-affected points in the three provinces, with damage including floods, landslides, broken bridges, broken embankments and national roads unable to pass.

The damage to the cannabis development infrastructure was recorded on 76 national roads along 2,058 kilometers (km) and 31 national bridges along 2,537 meters (m) and 108 regional roads and 49 regional bridges.

In addition, there are six toll roads affected by extreme weather, including the Sigli 'Banda Aceh section; Binjai' Pangkalan Brandan; Medan 'Kualanamu' Tebingtinggi, Belawan' Medan Tj. Morowa, Medan' Binjai and Padang' Sicincin.

"Currently, all affected toll roads are operating normally, except on the Medan 'Kualanamu' Tebing Tinggi toll road," he said.

In the water resources sector, the Ministry of Public Works identified damage to 127 rivers, 13 dams, four irrigation networks, one embankment, three checkdams, two jetty piers and 11 raw water facilities. With an irrigation area and a dam that is under the authority of the central government of more than 3,000 hectares (ha).

Meanwhile, for the work creation sector, there are 85 drinking water service systems (SPAM) as well as water treatment installations (IPA) and 143 affected community-based infrastructure locations.

"There are quite a lot of basic facilities for the affected community, therefore we will continue to accelerate the emergency handling," explained Dody.

It didn't stop there, damage also occurred to strategic infrastructure infrastructure such as schools, markets, Islamic boarding schools, health facilities and houses of worship.

In detail, 973 schools, 562 madrasas, 53 markets, 212 Islamic boarding schools, 308 health facilities, 29 offices and 360 houses of worship were recorded to have been damaged in all affected areas.

Menurut Dody, hingga 10 Desember 2025, pihaknya telah mengestimasikan kebutuhan anggaran penanganan bencana di ketiga provinsi yang mencapai Rp51,82 triliun.

"Anggaran tersebut terdiri dari Rp2,72 triliun untuk tanggap darurat dan Rp49,10 triliun untuk rehabilitasi dan rekonstruksi," tuturnya.

According to Dody, as of December 10, 2025, his party has optimized the budget needs for disaster management in the three provinces which reached IDR 51.82 trillion.

"The budget consists of Rp2.72 trillion for emergency response and Rp49.10 trillion for rehabilitation and reconstruction," he said.