Jakarta – Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Lt. Gen. TNI Suharyanto, said that many roads were still cut off at a number of points in Sumatra following the flood disaster. A number of parties hope that isolated points will gradually recover after the disaster. Summarized by detikcom, Sunday (30/11/2025), BNPB said there are still a number of isolated points in the Sumatra area. This isolated area cannot yet be crossed because much of the infrastructure has been damaged due to flooding. President Prabowo also requested through Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno that all national forces be mobilized to deal with the impact of flash floods in 3 provinces of Sumatra. Prabowo Orders Mobilization of National Force Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Pratikno revealed President Prabowo Subianto’s direction on dealing with flood and landslide disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra (North Sumatra) and West Sumatra (Sumbar). Prabowo, according to Pratikno, ordered all national forces to deal with floods in the three provinces. Scroll TO CONTINUE CONTENT “The President has ordered to increase all national forces, focus on dealing with the emergency response as quickly as possible. Mobilization of evacuation, deployment of logistics, protection of refugees, then deployment of health workers, restoration of infrastructure, transport, communication, as well as guarding the field,” said the Pratikno coordinator with the Emergency Coordinator. Heads of BNPB, TNI-Polri, and North Sumatra provincial government, at Silangit Airport, North Tapanuli, North Sumatra Province, Sunday (30/11/2025). Pratikno said the government has distributed aid to restore communications in the affected areas in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. According to Pratikno, the evacuation process was also accelerated. Aceh Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Lt. General TNI Suharyanto, said that many roads were still cut off in Aceh province after the flood disaster. However, BNPB said it has started deploying more troops there than before. This was conveyed by Suharyanto during the disaster management coordination meeting in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, Sunday (30/11/2025), which was broadcast live on the BNPB YouTube channel. He said that many roads in Aceh were still cut off due to floods. “Aceh is because many of them are still cut off. In short, in Aceh the power has started to increase, it is already full. What stands out in Aceh is that there are still many roads that are still cut off, Mr. Coordinating Minister,” said Suharyanto. Suharyanto explained that road access from North Sumatra to Aceh was still cut off. A similar thing happened on the Banda Aceh to Lhokseumawe route. “Then Gayo Lues was still broken up in Southeast Aceh. Then Central Aceh was still broken up,” he said. The head of BNPB said that Bener Meriah Regency is also still isolated. The same happened in Subulussalam. “It is true that Meriah is still isolated, Subulussalam is also still isolated,” he said. North Sumatra Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Lt. Gen. TNI Suharyanto, said the road access from Tapanuli to Sibolga is still impassable due to the large number of landslides. Until now, many residents are still trapped at the place. “Now it is still not penetrated, from Tapanuli to Sibolga it cannot be penetrated because here there are very long landslides. In practice, almost 50 km is covered,” said Suharyanto in a meeting on disasters in Sumatra, which was broadcast on Sunday (30/11/2025 on YouTube BNPB). Suharyanto said the joint task force was trying to open the landslide road. Access is estimated to open within the next 3 days. “Now, the joint TNI/Polri task force is trying to open it and according to yesterday afternoon’s explanation, the Dandim will take at least 3-4 days before it can be opened,” he said. Apart from that, access from Sibolga to Padangsidimpuan is still completely cut off. “Transportation access in this area has suffered a lot of damage. The Sibolga-Padangsidimpuan and Sibolga-Tarutung national routes have been completely cut off and blocked at many points by landslides,” said head of BNPB Lt. Gen. TNI Suharyanto said in his statement, Sunday (30/11/2025). Several bridges including the Pandan Bridge and bridges on the Sibolga-Manduamas section were cut off. A number of district routes are still cut and cannot be repaired due to the difficult terrain. He explained that seven areas in Mandailing Natal (Madina) are still isolated because cross-provincial routes are still closed. Towns in this area can only be reached by heavy equipment or air transport. The difficulty of BNPB helicopters reaching isolated villages in North Sumatra. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) sent aid to residents of Sihaporas Village, North Sumatra (North Sumatra) who were isolated due to the flood disaster. Help was sent by helicopter. “This is not a routine flight, but rather a humanitarian mission that is a bet on a promise to be fulfilled to the residents of Sihaporas Village, one of the areas in North Sumatra isolated due to the hydrometeorological disaster,” head of the BNPB disaster data, information and communication center, Abdul Muhari, told journalists on Sunday (302511). Abdul said the helicopter journey was not easy. One is due to weather factors that require pilots to test their helicopter flying skills. Abdul said the helicopter journey was not easy. One is due to weather factors that require pilots to test their helicopter flying skills. National Police Prepare Wifi at Flood Locations The National Police through the Information and Communication Technology Division (ICT Division) has installed eight Internet access devices at flood points in the northern region of Sumatra. Now residents have started communicating with their families through internet connection. National Police Headquarters sent a total of 8 WiFi devices to disaster-stricken areas, namely 2 units in Aceh, 4 units in North Sumatra, and 2 units in West Sumatra. One of the units in Aceh was operated by the Aceh Police ICT Bid Team led by Ipda Edi Amran with two other personnel. Based on the video received, a number of residents were seen using cell phones to communicate with their families. Residents in Kuta Blang District, Bireuen Regency, Aceh are known to have had no internet access for nearly four days. “Thank God, people can now contact their families after four days of no signal. They are very enthusiastic about using the WiFi access we installed,” said Ipda Edi Amran from the disaster site, Sunday (11/30/2025). Refugees seemed enthusiastic about using the free internet access service. One of the residents of Kuta Blang District, Bireuen Regency expressed his gratitude after communicating with his family. (yld/yld)