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Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs
Airlangga Hartarto
reveals disaster
flood
and landslides that hit a number of areas will certainly drag
economic growth
in the three affected provinces, namely North Sumatra, Aceh and West Sumatra.
“Growth in disaster areas will certainly decline, namely North Sumatra, Aceh and West Sumatra. Of course, we are concerned about the existing situation,” said Airlangga in Gandaria City, South Jakarta, Thursday (4/12).
Airlangga said that the government would prepare a program for infrastructure improvements and rehabilitation measures in the affected areas.Meanwhile, for other regions, the government continues to encourage economic growth to be in the range of 5.4 to 5.6 percent.
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“Of course there will be programs to improve infrastructure. In the future, rehabilitation. Meanwhile, we will continue to push for other (regions) at 5.4 to 5.6 percent,” he added.
Airlangga has not yet projected whether economic growth in the three areas affected by the disaster has the potential to fall into the negative zone.He only said that he still had to see future developments.
Previously, Airlangga projected national economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2025 to be in the range of 5.4 percent-5.6 percent.
He said this figure was driven by public consumption during the Christmas and New Year periods as well as government spending through ministries and institutions.
“So therefore there will be contributions from government spending, government spending, then from various social assistance programs and additional programs that hope for community mobility and also to take advantage of Nataru. We are optimistic that the range will be between 5.4-5.6 percent,” explained Airlangga in a press conference at his office, Wednesday (26/11).
The floods and landslides that occurred in Aceh previously killed 305 people and 191 others were missing, as well as destroying hundreds of public facilities and tens of thousands of residents’ homes.
Data from the Aceh Disaster Emergency Response Post as of Wednesday (3/12) recorded that 1.59 million people were affected, with more than 688 thousand people displaced at 898 points.
At the national level, BNPB reported that the total death toll from floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra reached 810 people, while 612 people were still missing.More than 3.2 million residents were affected by this disaster, with thousands of public facilities and tens of thousands of houses heavily damaged.
Even though the disaster has not been declared a national disaster, the Coordinating Minister for PMK Pratikno ensured that handling was carried out nationally.All ministries/institutions, including the TNI-Polri and BNPB, have been mobilized to deal with the impact of the disaster according to President Prabowo Subianto’s direction.
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