Drought Spreads to Seven Regency in Central Java and Yogyakarta
- 22 Jul 2026 18:34 WIB
- Voice of Indonesia
Key Points
- BNPB has urged regional administrations in Central Java and Yogyakarta to optimize disaster posts as drought affects seven regencies during the peak dry season.
- The agency is conducting detailed mapping and coordinating with local disaster management agencies to ensure swift and targeted emergency response.
RRI.CO.ID, Jakarta - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has urged all regional administrations in Central Java and Yogyakarta Province to optimize disaster posts as the impact of drought spreads to seven regencies. The preventive step is considered urgent to ensure that the clean-water crisis does not worsen as the dry season reaches its peak.
Head of BNPB’s Center for Data, Information, and Disaster Communication, Abdul Muhari, said a detailed mapping effort is being carried out to ensure that emergency response to the drought is swift and properly targeted.
“BNPB continues to monitor developments in the field and coordinate with regional disaster mitigation agencies and other relevant parties to ensure disaster response runs optimally,” he said in a statement in Jakarta on Wednesday, 22 July 2026.
He explained that the latest mapping shows Cilacap Regency as the area with the largest number of affected residents, reaching 8,154 households or 27,605 people since June 2026. To ease the burden on affected residents, as of Monday, 20 July 2026, the administration had distributed 60 tanker trucks of clean water, equivalent to 315,000 liters.
Drought impacts have also been identified in Pemalang Regency, with 5,346 affected households, and Klaten Regency, which covers 3,330 households or 10,908 people. During the period of 15 June to 21 July, clean water aid distributed had reached 321 tanker trucks, or 1,605,000 liters.
Other areas in Central Java included in the drought impact monitoring map are Banyumas Regency, with 2,867 households or 9,002 people, where the local disaster agency distributed 15,000 liters of clean water, or three tanker loads, to meet residents’ needs. The other affected areas are Grobogan, with 1,128 households, and Sragen, with 294 households or 736 people.
“The Sragen Regency disaster agency distributed 10,000 liters of clean water to Galeh Village in Tangen Subdistrict and Poleng Village in Gesi Subdistrict. The Grobogan Regency disaster agency distributed 20,000 liters of clean water to Selo Village and Monggot Village. Joint teams from the disaster agency and the Indonesian Red Cross have distributed 81,000 liters of clean water, consisting of 56,000 liters from the disaster agency and 25,000 liters from the Red Cross,” explained Abdul, as quoted by Antara.
BNPB’s Operations Control Directorate also reported the results of drought mapping in Yogyakarta Province. The drought impact was identified in Kulon Progo Regency, affecting 63 households or 176 people in Kokap Subdistrict.
Given the spread of drought-affected areas, Abdul said BNPB has reminded all regional governments to keep disaster posts on standby. This step is important to anticipate the potential expansion of the clean-water crisis during the peak of the dry season. ***
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