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Accelerate Disaster Management, Minister of Social Affairs Suggests Creating a Communication Group
JAKARTA (July 22, 2021) – To speed up the
handling of natural disasters, Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini
proposes to create a communication group that includes the contact numbers of
regional heads, regional secretaries, social offices, and various other related
parties.
"This is based on
experience in the Province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), we have difficulty and
cannot contact the regional head, regional secretary, social office as well as
other related parties," said Minister Risma in Jakarta, Tuesday (21/7/2021).
When a natural disaster
occurs, said Risma, when there are communication groups, there is hope that not
all groups die, but there is one group that is active and can be contacted to
ask what kind of communication and what steps to take.
“Learning from the
earthquake in Malang, there is information that the area is badly damaged in
Dampit. I also checked through Tagana and reported that the residents were
still sleeping comfortably and even had time to take photos and it turned out
that in other places it was even worse," she said.
The Minister of Social Affairs'
proposal for tiered communication groups starting from the central government
and then regional governments, both provincial and district and city, will make
handling natural disasters faster.
"The groups are so
important and become an effective communication medium as part of a disaster
management system that can move faster," she said.
The advantage of having
communication groups is that it will also be fast for disaster management
interventions that can be directly implemented by their
respective fields.