KEBUMEN (20 November 2020) - The government is increasingly serious in dealing with the potential threat of earthquakes in the Megathrust zone. Various disaster mitigation efforts have continued to be carried out in the southern coastal areas of Java Island. One of them, as has been done by the Ministry of Social Affairs. The threat of Megathrust, which is predicted to cause a tsunami with a wave height of 20 meters, has prompted the Ministry of Social Affairs and related Ministries and Agencies to aggressively plant mangroves.

Director of Social Protection for Natural Disaster Victims (PSKBA), M. Safii Nasution, while inspecting the mangrove forest in the Logending Beach area, Ayah Subdistrict, Kebumen Regency, said that his party was preparing at least one million mangrove seedlings to be planted in five provinces on the south coast. Java Island starting from Banten, West Java, Central Java, DIY, and East Java.

"We, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), together with BNPB and Kopassus, are preparing one million mangrove seedlings to be planted in five provinces on the south coast of Java Island. We do not know when Megathrust will occur, but at least we have. preparing society, preparing nature. So that if a Megathrust occurs, the impact will not be large," said Safii Nasution.