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President of the Republic of Indonesia
Prabowo Subianto
express concern about the disaster
natural disaster
which hit a number of areas in the provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh.
He prayed that their grief and suffering would be eased for the victims affected by the flood.
“At the moment we feel that there are our brothers and sisters who are experiencing grief, disaster, as a result of natural disasters that have occurred in several places in our archipelago, most recently in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. Of course we pray that they will always be protected by the Almighty, and their sorrow and suffering will be eased,” said Prabowo in his speech on National Teachers’ Day, Jakarta, Friday (28/11).
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Prabowo emphasized that the government would not remain silent and had moved quickly from the first day of the incident.He said the government distributed aid via land and air.
He said this was to ensure that aid immediately reached residents affected by the disaster.
“But the conditions are very difficult. Many are cut off, the weather is still not possible. Sometimes our helicopters and planes have difficulty landing,” he said.
Prabowo said that so far the government had sent aid via three Hercules C-130 aircraft and one A-400 aircraft.He ensured that aid deliveries would be carried out continuously by adjusting to needs in the field.
The four planes flew to deliver aid this morning.They were flown from Halim Perdana Kusuma Air Base, Jakarta.
Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said data from regional heads was used as the basis for the central government to determine the type of aid sent this morning.
The aid flown consisted of emergency equipment to vital needs for evacuation and rapid recovery.
“So today, as needed, around 150 tents were dispatched, then there were rubber boats because they were very important for evacuation, there were around 64 of them, then generators, electrical aids, then most importantly, around 100 communication tools were also dispatched there so that communication signals could be restarted. Then also ready-to-eat foodstuffs, then a medical team from the TNI, then also from the Ministry of Health,” said Teddy.
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