Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- Indonesia's sovereign wealth manager Danantara and the State-Owned Enterprises Regulatory Agency (BP BUMN) have set up a joint command center to map urgent needs, consolidate relief supplies across SOEs and prepare alternative distribution routes to flood-stricken Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.

In recent days, SOEs have moved aid by air to reach isolated areas, with the first flights dispatched over the weekend and follow-up deliveries on Monday.

"When the public is in need, the SOE family moves as one. Speed is essential," Danantara CEO Rosan Roeslani said in a statement on Tuesday.

With aircraft support from Garuda Indonesia and Citilink, about 9.4 tonnes of aid were flown from Kualanamu airport to Aceh and ...