Bima Sambangi Deputy Minister Of Home Affairs Palace Reports Handling Of Sumatra Floods

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto answered reporters' questions at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Thursday (27/11/2025). (ANTARA/Fathur Rochman)

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (Wamendagri) Bima Arya Sugiarto will report the handling of floods and landslides in the Sumatra region to President Prabowo Subianto in a limited meeting held at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Thursday afternoon.

"Later, we will report about that," said Bima Arya when he arrived at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Thursday, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said his party was continuing to monitor conditions in a number of areas affected by the disaster and were still experiencing access problems, such as in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, he said, continues to establish communication with regional heads regarding the handling of victims, cut access locations, and telecommunications disturbances.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has also assigned the Director General of Regional Administration Development Safrizal Zakaria Ali to directly observe the situation on the ground.

"We sent the Director General of Adwil Bina Pak Safrizal to monitor there. The most important thing is now how to restore access, yes," he said.

Bima Arya said the current recovery priority includes access to communication and electricity. His party has coordinated with the Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Angga Raka Prabowo for network recovery through PLN and cellular operators.

He added that additional transportation access was also coordinated, including the use of helicopters to reach isolated areas.

"Pak Safrizal has coordinated additional access there in terms of transportation, helicopters from the Regional Police, from the Province, from the National Police, to be prioritized, because until now it is still cut off to many regions," said Bima Arya.

It is known that the natural disasters of flash floods and landslides that occurred on Monday, November 24 have affected four sub-districts in Sibolga City, while in Central Tapanuli there are 20 sub-districts affected by the disaster.

Heavy rains in Sibolga City from Monday, November 24 to Tuesday, November 25 triggered a series of landslides that affected thousands of residents to flee, including the incident in Aceh.

Then in West Sumatra, rain for five consecutive days caused thousands of houses to be affected by flooding.