BNPB: Jepara Farmer's Rice Plants That Are Puso Because Of Floods Can Change Loss

Head of BNPB Lt. Gen. Suharyanto in Jepara/ANTARA/Akhmad Nazaruddin Lathif)

JEPARA - Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto revealed that the rice plants belonging to farmers in Dorang Village, Narumsari District, Jepara Regency, Central Java, which experienced puso due to the flood disaster, would be replaced by the government.

"The government still has assistance in 2023, so that one week it can be disbursed," he said when he visited the flood location in Dorang Village, Narumsari District, Jepara Regency, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, March 18.

Meanwhile, in 2024, said Suharyanto, it can be assisted through Jasindo's insurance scheme, so that this year's crop failure is replaced through PT Jasindo as the operator of the Padi Farmer Business Insurance (AUTP) program.

For flood conditions in Dorang Village, it is currently starting to recede because previously it could reach a depth of 1.5 meters.

The village head of Dorang Arief said the flood began to recede so that the refugees also began to return to their respective homes.

The number of refugees ranged from 250, after the flood began to inundate its village on Friday (15/3) morning, which was caused by the overflow of the Serang Satu River.

Meanwhile, farmers' rice plants that were flooded are estimated to reach 150 hectares, which is estimated to be puso, although almost all of them are ready to harvest.

Head of BNPB Lt. Gen. Suharyanto also symbolically handed over assistance to refugees in the form of basic necessities.

Kusmiati, one of the refugees who received the food parcel, admitted that he was grateful because he could be a provision while returning home later.

"I hope that there will be no more flooding because I can't do my usual activities," he said.