Regional Government Should Include Disaster Risk in Development Plans
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VIVA – The Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asks the regional government to include disaster risk in their development plans. It aims to detect which disaster-prone locations should not become investment targets.
“The regional government needs to include disaster risk in its development and investment plan,” President Jokowi stated while opening the 2023 National Coordination Meeting on Disaster Mitigation in Jakarta, on Thursday.
In addition, the President also emphasized that the development plan should be monitored until the implementation stage in the field. He pointed out that he often sees buildings erected on riverbanks even though the location is flooded every year.
This effort will also help officers in the field to take action on developments that violate regional spatial plans and have a high likelihood to increase disaster, the president remarked.
"The officers should be able to strictly prohibit construction in the landslide-prone area," he added.
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Jokowi also spoke of having often noticed buildings near the river despite the location being a flood-prone area, "It is obvious that there is a river in the area, but people keep building houses in the riverbank area that is prone to floods. This is what I often see," he stated.
Therefore, President Joko Widodo also urged the regional government, through the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda), to oversee the implementation of development.
"Bappeda must be able to manage regional planning. However, sometimes, the planning and implementation are different in the field. That is our weakness," he remarked.
On the occasion, he also cautioned the regional government regarding the regulatory complexity of social assistance disbursal when a disaster occurs.
"Usually, the assistance is piled up at the command post or the village office. People affected are only able to see it. Please simplify the distribution method during a disaster," President Widodo said.
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