Banda Aceh, Aceh, May 4 -- The Aceh Provincial Government has allocated more than Rp380 billion or around US$21.8 million for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of agricultural land damaged by flooding that struck the province last year.

"The Aceh Government is currently focused on accelerating all stages, from planning to construction and land processing, so that disaster-affected agricultural land can soon become productive again," Aceh Regional Secretary M. Nasir said here on Monday.

The budget covers land optimization and rehabilitation to the construction of supporting infrastructure such as irrigation systems and farm roads.

Nasir emphasized that the government continues to expedite post-disaster agricultural land rehabilitati...