Jakarta, Dec. 27 -- The Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry has deployed one thousand portable diesel generators and three thousand gas stoves for communities affected by floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

"Under President Prabowo Subianto's directive, we dispatched 1,000 generators today," ESDM Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said at Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport in Jakarta on Saturday.

He stressed that the shipment of generators, each with an average capacity of 5-7 kVA, is urgently needed, as although the Arun-Bireuen transmission line has been restored, state-owned utility PLN is still unable to supply electricity to several villages with low-voltage networks in Aceh.

The ESDM ...