Kementan jadi Posko Penanggulangan Kekeringan Nasional 2015

Indonesian Govt Prepares Emergency Response Anticipate El Nino

Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Kementan jadi Posko Penanggulangan Kekeringan Nasional 2015
Mentan RI Andi Amran Sulaiman meninjau sarana irigasi dan lokasi kekeringan di daerah (Foto2: B2B/Mac)

Jakarta (B2B) - Kantor pusat Kementerian Pertanian RI ditetapkan menjadi Pos Komando Penanggulangan Bencana Kekeringan Nasional 2015, merespons perintah Presiden RI Joko Widodo untuk mengatasi masalah kekeringan yang melanda sejumlah provinsi di Indonesia, khususnya terkait penyediaan pangan rakyat.

Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman hadir di kantornya pada Senin pukul 05:00 WIB menjelang peresmian Posko, untuk memantau persiapan bersama para stafnya. Tampak hadir Sekretaris Jenderal Kementan, Hari Priyono didampingi Kepala Biro Umum dan Humas, Sigit Wahyudi serta Kepala Bagian Humas, Marihot H Panggabean.

Beberapa menit kemudian datang Kepala Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) Syamsul Maarif, diikuti oleh Kepala UPT Hujan Buatan di Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT) Heru Widodo serta Kepala Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika Andi Eka Sakya.

Selanjutnya hadir pula Menteri Perdagangan Rahmat Gobel, Kepala Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Suryamin, Kapolri Jenderal Badrodin Haiti, dan Deputi Bidang Produksi Kementerian Koperasi dan UKM, I Wayan Dipta mewakili Menteri AAGN Puspayoga.

Peresmian Posko dilanjutkan konperensi pers yang dijadwalkan berlangsung pukul 06:00 terpaksa diundur hingga pukul 08:45 karena harus melakukan koordinasi mengenai kesiapan menangani bencana kekeringan.

Jakarta (B2B) - The headquarters of Indonesian Agriculture Ministry into a Command Post of the 2015 National Drought Disaster responded to the President Joko Widodo orderto overcome the drought that hit several provinces in Indonesia.

Minister Sulaiman arrived at his office on Monday morning at 5:00 am. Also attended Secretary General of the ministry, Hari Priyono accompanied by Head of General Affairs and Public Relations, Sigit Wahyudi and the Head of Public Relations, Marihot H Panggabean.

A few minutes later came Head of National Disaster Management Agency, Syamsul Maarif, followed by the Head of Unit of Artificial Rain in the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Heru Widodo, and the Head of Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency Andi Eka Sakya.

Also attended Trade Minister Rahmat Gobel, Head of the Central Statistics Agency Suryamin, National Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti, and Deputy Production of the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs, I Wayan Dipta representing the Minister AAGN Puspayoga.

The command post inauguration followed a press conference scheduled for 06:00 am had to be postponed until 8:45 am because they must coordinate the handling of the drought.