Banda Aceh, Dec. 7 -- The East Java Provincial Government, through the Disaster Preparedness Cadets (Tagana), has opened a public kitchen in Aceh Tamiang District, Aceh, to support food distribution for residents affected by the disaster.

"Since the second day, we have deployed six Tagana personnel along with equipment to operate the public kitchen for victims in Aceh Tamiang District," East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa said in Banda Aceh on Saturday.

She delivered the statement during the handover of assistance from the East Java government and community to flood and landslide victims in Aceh, received by Aceh Regional Secretary M. Nasir at the Aceh Hydrometeorological Disaster Emergency Response Command Post.

The governor e...