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Minister of Trade (Mendag)
Budi Santoso
states at least 41 markets in
North Sumatra
(North Sumatra) was damaged as a result
flood
which hit a number of areas in Sumatra.
He said the initial data collection had been received and currently the ministry was prioritizing the distribution of aid to the affected areas.
“In North Sumatra, there were 41 (markets damaged). Yes, but if it’s a disaster, the focus is on getting aid to the location first,” said Budi after a meeting at the Ministry of Trade, Central Jakarta, Monday (8/12).
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He added that the government’s attention should not only be focused on affected areas, but also on areas that did not experience disasters so that there would be no price fluctuations ahead of Christmas and New Year (Nataru).
“What is important now is that outside of this disaster, we have to anticipate that prices will not rise in New Year, but we were previously told that prices and supplies were under control from North Sumatra,” said Budi.
Regarding budget support for market revitalization in affected areas, Budi said there had been no special allocation from the Ministry of Trade.
“Not yet from the Ministry of Trade, but later we will try to coordinate again, that’s where it should come from,” he said.
He emphasized that market damage mapping continues to be carried out while coordinating with the regional government.As for other regions outside North Sumatra, the party is also still collecting data.
“Yes, we are coordinating, it’s not easy, it’s problematic,” he said.
Separately, the Director General of Domestic Trade at the Ministry of Trade, Iqbal Shoffan Shofwan, stated that he had begun assessing damage to public facilities in the form of markets in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
“We are currently collecting data,” said Iqbal at the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (2/12).
He said data collection was carried out in conjunction with efforts to maintain the availability of basic necessities at disaster locations.
“How can people affected by disasters not worry too much about food and then clothes,” he said.
The flood and landslide disasters in Sumatra in 2025 will have a major impact.According to BNPB, as of Monday (8/12) the total death toll reached 929 people and 274 people were still missing.
Around 5,000 residents were injured, while more than 155 thousand houses were reported damaged.A total of 52 districts in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra were affected by flooding.
In Aceh, the death toll reached 366 people, with 97 people still missing and 4,300 people injured.North Aceh Regency recorded 128 deaths, while East Aceh had 57 people.
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