Jakarta – Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Suharyanto affirmed that it will strengthen coordination and planning for catastrophe mitigation after 835 disasters struck up until early April of 2023.
” Until April 12, 2023, the variety of disasters that occurred had actually reached 835 and was dominated by wet hydrometeorological disasters, such as floods, landslides, and severe weather,” he stated in a composed statement gotten here, Friday.
Suharyanto made the declaration throughout a working meeting with Commission VIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) in Jakarta on April 12.
One of the impacts of a disaster is the failure of farmers to gather their plants in a number of locations. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had actually straight prompted the BNPB to make replacements for community rice fields that stopped working to harvest due to the flood catastrophe in the very first quarter of 2023.
” The BNPB received a project from the president to change the rice fields of farmers that stopped working to harvest due to floods.
He likewise affirmed that his side would only change rice fields that failed to collect due to the flood disaster.
” We will change those that are affected by floods and not because of insects or other things,” he emphasized.
For now, the agency is preparing plans, carrying out dissemination of info, and collecting data on farmers whose rice fields were harmed by floods in afflicted provinces.
During the meeting, Suharyanto and several high-ranking authorities also discussed programs that had been executed, including the achievements of spending plan absorption up until early April 2023 and work plans to be conducted until the end of 2023.
He underscored that the BNPB is still the organizer for the handling of COVID-19 and Foot and Mouth Illness (FMD).
” Concerning the handling of COVID-19 and FMD, although the scenario is relatively under control, the COVID-19 and FMD Job Force still exist and have actually been combined into one, with a task period till the end of June 2023,” he noted.
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