Jakarta, June 2 -- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set up a public kitchen to ensure food supply for thousands of residents affected by the flash flood caused by the overflowing Didingga River in North Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province.

The public kitchen was prioritized during the emergency response phase to regularly distribute ready-to-eat food packages, according to the BNPB's head of Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Center, Abdul Muhari, Tuesday.

"The North Gorontalo District BPBD, together with the Indonesian military, the National Police, the Rescue Team (Tagana), volunteers, and other relevant officials, are conducting post-flood response operations, including establishing the public kitchen,...