Government Prepares IDR 351.83 Billion For Disaster Emergency Response 2025

Officers carried out the process of searching for victims around the shophouse building which was destroyed due to flooding in the Jalan Sulawesi area, Denpasar, Bali, Thursday (11/9/2025). (Doc. ANTARA PHOTO)

The Ministry of Public Works (PU) has allocated a budget of IDR 351.83 billion to support disaster emergency preparedness and response programs throughout 2025. The budget is used to strengthen public infrastructure, accelerate emergency handling, and support post-disaster recovery throughout Indonesia.

PU Minister Dody Hanggodo emphasized the three main pillars of national preparedness within the Ministry of Public Works, namely public infrastructure and safety preparedness, integrated command and fast response technology, and humane and sustainable public services.

Every second concerns life. The Ministry of Public Works must be present, work quickly, and ensure that infrastructure continues to function for the safety of the people," said Dody, Wednesday, November 5.

The emergency response budget allocation of the Ministry of Public Works in 2025 is IDR 351.83 billion, each managed by the Directorate General of Water Resources of IDR 300 billion, and the Directorate General of Highways IDR 51.8 billion. In addition, it has also mobilized 5,755 units of heavy equipment, 382,044 logistics materials and deployed 3,455 personnel on standby in the field.

As of early November 2025, the realization of budget absorption reached IDR 261.9 billion or around 74.4%, with a main focus on handling hydrometeorological disasters, such as floods and landslides.

One of them is the handling of the disaster / emergency response disaster in Lumajang Regency due to the cold lava flood disaster of Mount Semeru, East Java Province and the handling of abrasion and tidal flooding disasters in North Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu Province.

Furthermore, the remaining budget of Rp. 89.9 billion is prepared to deal with potential disasters by the end of the year, in line with the forecast for high rainfall of more than 2,500 millimeters per year from the BMKG Climate Outlook 2025.

Based on data from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), as of November 2, 2025, 2,715 disaster events have been recorded throughout Indonesia. Of these, flooding became the highest frequency disaster, namely 1,337 events (49.24%).

For 2026, the Ministry of Public Works projects an emergency response budget to become IDR 449.1 billion, as a form of strengthening fast handling capacity in the field. The Ministry of Public Works also continues to strengthen the use of information technology in disaster management through the Sitaba application (a disaster emergency response information system) which can be accessed by the public through the confiscated.pu.go.id page.

Sitaba data as of November 4, 2025 at 12.00 WIB, recorded that 3,574 disaster management activities had been carried out by the Ministry of Public Works in various regions during 2019-2025. With cross-sector synergy and national policy support, the Ministry of Public Works ensures that disaster management in 2025 runs more adaptively, quickly, and data-based.