West Sumatra Provincial Government Extends Disaster Emergency Response Period Until December 22

A number of heavy equipment repairing the river flow and Jalan Lembah Anai which were damaged by being hit by flash floods in Tanah Datar Regency, Monday (8/12/2025). ANTARA/Muhammad Zulfikar

The West Sumatra Provincial Government (West Sumatra) has extended the emergency response period until December 22, 2025, considering the development of handling the impact of the hydrometeorological disaster that hit the area.

"After we hold a meeting today, we decided to extend the emergency response period until December 22, 2025," said West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi in Padang City, Monday, December 8.

Previously, the West Sumatra Provincial Government had set a disaster emergency response period from November 25 to December 8, 2025, following that almost all districts and cities in Minang were affected by floods and landslides.

The former Mayor of Padang hopes that during the extension of the emergency response period, the handling of the impact of natural disasters can continue to be maximized, especially restoring a number of major accesses that were badly damaged due to being hit by hydrometeorological disasters.

During that period, Mahyeldi also asked and reminded every regional head to complete the data collection, be it damage to residents' houses, public facilities and other data related to the damage caused by natural disasters.

The governor emphasized that the completeness and accuracy of this data is very important and vital because it is directly related to rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts for the damage that occurred. The report will also be forwarded to the central government so that the recovery process can be accelerated.

"The completeness of these data is of course to make steps for our people affected by natural disasters," he said.

Separately, Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo said the ministry proposed a budget of around Rp. 13 trillion to rehabilitate, and reconstruct all infrastructure damaged by hydrometeorological disasters in West Sumatra Province.

Dody said his party had seen a number of points affected in the province, including Malalak in Agam Regency and Anai Valley, Malalo and Sumpur in Tanah Datar Regency.

Based on the field review, he emphasized that the Ministry of Public Works and related parties agreed to immediately clean up all infrastructure affected by the disaster, including roads, bridges and others.