#northern sumatra

Collection of northern sumatra news, found 20 news.

BNPB estimates Sumatra flood recovery cost at US$3.1 billion

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) estimated the total cost for the recovery in regions of ...

VP Gibran inspects collapsed bridge as Aceh flood recovery ramps up

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka on Thursday inspected the collapsed Anak Laut Bridge in Gosong Telaga Barat ...

Minister Hartarto moves to counter economic impact of Sumatra floods

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated that he will enact measures to halt economic ...

VP Gibran inspects flood-hit areas in Sumatra

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka began his visit to Sumatra on Thursday to inspect rescue operations in areas ...

Agriculture Ministry sends over 200 aid trucks to flood-hit Sumatra

Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry has dispatched hundreds of logistics trucks carrying humanitarian aid for ...

PT KAI rushes to repair flood-hit rail lines in Northern Sumatra

Indonesia’s state rail operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) is working to restore rail lines across northern ...

Sumatra floods: Govt readies additional funds for rescue operations

The Indonesian government is ready to allocate additional funds to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to ...

Sumatra floods: SOEs join hands to speed up aid delivery

Indonesia’s sovereign wealth manager Danantara and the State-Owned Enterprises Regulatory Agency (BP BUMN) have ...

Indonesia deploys weather modification, aid to flood-hit Sumatra  

The Indonesian government has launched weather modification operations to reduce rainfall in flood-affected areas of ...

Pertamina Dumai refinery blast under investigation, no casualties

Police in Riau Province are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire at PT Kilang Pertamina ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Government sees dramatic increase in forest fires in Aug-Sep

Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, said the Indonesian government is anticipating a potential ...

Merchant ship leaves Aceh fir Andaman of India

A merchant ship loaded with agricultural commodities and products from the Indonesian province, left for the Andaman ...

Moderate earthquake jolts Northern part of Sumatra

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit the northern part of Sumatra at 9.47 hours local time on ...

Sumatran elephant deaths on the rise

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has reported that an increasing number of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus ...