PU sends team and excavator to handle floods in 2 Aceh areas
In Subulussalam, 16 villages in three districts are inundated, while a bridge in Pining, Gayo Lues, is reported badly damaged.
The Ministry of Public Works has sent a technical team to Pining District, Gayo Lues Regency, and deployed one excavator to Jabi-Jabi village, Sultan Daulat District, Subulussalam city, for emergency flood response in Aceh. PU Minister Dody Hanggodo said the damage in Pining includes infrastructure that collapsed, was disrupted, or was swept away by the flood, including a bridge. In Subulussalam, overflow flooding since Friday (13/11) has inundated 16 villages in three districts after heavy rain in upstream areas raised river levels. The floods also disrupted schools, community health centers and roads, and damaged the intake of PDAM Jontor. The Sumatera I River Basin Agency is preparing repairs to the Lae Suraya River embankment and river normalization work to reduce the risk of further flooding.