Acting Governor: 3,611 Sawah Hectares In North Aceh Failed To Harvest Due To The Flood

Acting Governor of Aceh Achmad Marzuki inspected the flooded rice fields in the Lhoksukon District, North Aceh Regency

3,611 hectares of ACEH - Sawah in northern Aceh Regency failed to harvest due to flooding. Acting Governor of Aceh Achmad Marzuki said river normalization is needed so that it can flow water optimally. " “ Minister of PUPR and Head of BNPB have also directly reviewed the hope that normalization assistance in estuaries and river embankments in North Aceh can be carried out," he said in North Aceh, Antara, Sunday, October 23. He hopes that the embankment will be repaired soon and ready within a week and should be implemented permanently so that flooding does not occur again in North Aceh. " “ Flood management in North Aceh Regency is our concern so that this flood disaster does not continue to occur and this also has an impact on the community's economy," he said while directly observing the rice fields in Gampong Alue Flag, Lhoksukon District, North Aceh, which failed to harvest due to being flooded. He explained that for the handling of agricultural areas affected by the flood, the Aceh Government provided 82.4 tons of seed assistance for 3,297 hectares and 314 hectares of insurance assistance. He said to overcome the impact of crop failure that occurred due to the flood, his party would normalize rivers in North Aceh, one of which was the Kretoe river and its functionality was the Kretoe Reservoir. He added that the Kretoe Dam will be completed by the end of 2023 and when completed, the irrigation of the rice fields is easy and when the intensity of the rain is high there will be no more flooding. "I also hope for support from all components of society so that the Kretoe Dam can be completed on time so that flooding does not occur again in North Aceh," he said. During a working visit to North Aceh, the Acting Governor of Aceh was accompanied by Acting Regent of North Aceh Azwardi Abdullah and Head of Agriculture and Plantation of Aceh, Cut Huzaimah. Head of Agriculture and Plantation Office of Aceh Cut Huzaimah said the area of rice fields affected by the flood in North Aceh was 6,776 hectares spread over 18 sub-districts in the local district. There are also rice fields that failed to harvest an area of 3,611 hectares consisting of 2,085 hectares of plant and 1,526 hectares of nurseries. “ The Aceh government through the APBA and APBN has paid premiums to farmers and covering an area of 314 hectares that failed to harvest will receive insurance of Rp. 6 million per hectare,” he said. He said the insurance would be paid soon, where it is currently in the process of submitting and Jasindo Jakarta will step down to see firsthand the agricultural area crop failure in North Aceh. During the visit, the Acting Governor of Aceh, who was accompanied by the Chairman of the Aceh DPR, Saiful Bahri, visited the habitable aid house in Gampong Cot U Sibak, Lhoksukon District.