Jakarta, Dec. 7 -- The Ministry of Social Affairs is producing 164,588 ready-to-eat meals per day through dozens of public kitchens established in response to flash floods in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf said in a statement on Sunday in Jakarta that the emergency effort is being carried out through inter-agency cooperation and collaboration, such as the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), the military (TNI), the national police (Polri), local governments, and volunteers.

"Public kitchens have been opened in multiple locations to ensure affected communities receive immediate assistance," said the minister, who is widely known as Gus Ipul.

Daily meal distribution across the three ...