JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian said that the handling of floods and landslides in Sumatra has become a national concern by optimizing the delivery of aid, logistics, and teams to open access to isolated areas.
"For the temporary determination of national disasters, not yet, but the treatment is national. From the first day, the central government considered itself that it had to go down, and then from the first day it had been carried out with national procedures, so everything was out," said the Minister of Home Affairs at a press conference at the Ministry of Home Affairs Office, Jakarta, Monday, confiscated by Antara.
He revealed that all parties have deployed all national powers to assist disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra, to West Sumatra, with logistical assistance which was immediately brought from Jakarta and lowered by air in isolated areas.
"So the status issue in my opinion is important, but the most important thing is treatment. The action is more important, national action," said the Minister of Home Affairs.
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He added that currently the government is also recording houses that collapsed for temporary housing (huntara) to be built.
"As far as I remember, no shelters have been built yet. Now, data collection is being carried out, anyone whose house really collapsed so that temporary housing could be made," said the Minister of Home Affairs.
The Minister of Home Affairs has also previously reviewed locations with the provincial government to check food stocks and assistance needs for the refugees. In addition, his party is also mapping the access roads or bridges that are cut off.
"So indeed there are quite a lot of bridges that have collapsed, at least 30 which, if I remember, are a bit big, so they have been cut off. So, including apart from North Aceh, Lhokseumawe, it was a broken bridge. The national bridge from Bireuen to Pidie Jaya that penetrated Medan, Banda Aceh, also broke, so it was automatically locked up in the area," said the Minister of Home Affairs.
Meanwhile, Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos) Saifullah Yusuf ensured that all assistance from the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) reached every evacuation point in flood-affected areas in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.
Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf while accompanying President Prabowo Subianto to inspect the flood location in Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Monday, said the central government and local governments were working together to accelerate the fulfillment of the basic needs of affected residents.
President Prabowo Subianto is also leaving for Aceh today after directly observing the flood impact that hit Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, Monday.
"I went to Aceh, went to Medan and went to Aceh," said President Prabowo before leaving for Aceh.
He is scheduled to return to Raja Sisingamangaraja XII Airport to take off to Kualanamu International Airport, Kuala Namu Airport Street, Beringin District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra.
From Kualanamu Airport, President Prabowo boarded the NAS-332/Super Puma helicopter heading to Alas Leuser Airport, Kutacane, Southeast Aceh Regency, Aceh Province.
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