Day: July 9, 2022

The Animal Husbandry Office of Aceh province has deployed teams to supervise the slaughter of Qurbani (sacrificial) animals for Eid al-Adha to check the spread of the foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease among livestock.

“They will be tasked with checking whether all the Qurbani animals are free of FMD,” Head of the Animal Husbandry Office of Aceh  Zalsufran informed here on Saturday.

Besides the Animal Husbandry Office, the teams’ members have been drawn from the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police (Polri), the Indonesian Veterinarian Association (PDHI) of Aceh, and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Syiah Kuala University.

According to Zalsufran, the teams are spread across eight sub-districts of Aceh Besar district. Meanwhile, other districts and cities in Aceh have formed their own task forces, and the provincial government is only carrying out monitoring.

The teams comprise 66 personnel from the Aceh Animal Husbandry Office, 11 from TNI, 15 from Polri, 8 from the PDHI-Aceh, and 50 students from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Syiah Kuala University, he informed.

He expressed optimism that the presence of the teams would set the community at ease regarding consuming the meat of Qurbani animals.

Before the animals are slaughtered, the teams will first check whether they are healthy, in accordance with the health protocols.

The teams will also ensure that the meat is safe, healthy, complete, and halal (ASUH), as well as free from disease.

“We thank the teams that have participated and supported this activity. Hopefully, Aceh will soon be free from the FMD outbreak,” he said.

Based on the latest report, the number of FMD cases has touched 34,602. Of the total number, 22,890 animals have recovered, 33 have been conditionally slaughtered, 202 have died, and 11,447 heads of cattle are still sick.

 

Source: Antara News

As many as 19 hotspots were detected by Tera, Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA20 satellites in several parts of North Sumatra on Saturday, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

Of the 19 hotspots, two were detected in Dairi and Labuhanbatu districts each, five in Humbang Hasundutan district, four in Karo district, three in Padang Lawas and Serdang Bedagai each, Utami Al Khairiyah, a forecaster with the BBMKG office in Medan, informed here on Saturday.

Cloudy conditions and light rainfall were forecast for several areas in North Sumatra on Saturday afternoon: Nias Islands, Dairi, Pakpak Bharat, Central Tapanuli, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Mandailing Natal, and South Tapanuli and surrounding areas.

Clouds and light rain were forecast at night in Nias Islands, Langkat, Binjai, Karo, Dairi, Pakpak Bharat, Samosir, Central Tapanuli, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Mandailing Natal, South Tapanuli, Padang Lawas, and North Padang Lawas and surrounding areas.

The air temperature was recorded at 17–35 degrees Celsius and humidity at 60–98 percent, with the wind blowing from the southwest-northwest at a speed of 5–30 km per hour, in North Sumatra on Saturday.

 

Source: Antara News

The Riau Islands General Election Supervisory Committee has urged local general election officials to assist voters with disabilities in casting their ballot during the 2024 general and regional elections.

“Facilities that make it easier for voters with disability to exercise their voting rights must be adequate. Access for disabled voters must also be (secured) so that it can be ensured that they do not lose their right to vote,” chairman of the Riau Islands General Election Supervisory Committee, Said Abdullah Dahlawi, said in Tanjungpinang on Saturday.

Voters in poor physical condition have the same voting rights as general voters, he added. Their choices also determine the future of the region and country, so they must not be dismissed.

Their choices cannot be represented by their family members or other people, so general election officials must be made more aware in this regard, he said.

Accurate data on voters with disabilities must be collected to provide the right access and facilities.

“Each person with a disability does not always have the same needs in voting. Therefore, under certain conditions, if necessary, officers who come along with election supervisors go to their homes so that they can exercise their voting rights,” he informed.

Dahlawi said that the protection of voting rights of persons with disabilities has been stipulated in Article 350 Paragraph 2 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections, which states that voting locations must be situated in easily accessible places and geographical aspects must be considered when selecting them; further, it must be ensured that all voters can cast their votes in a direct, free, and confidential manner.

“We don’t want to hear the (issue of) unfriendly accessibility toward people with disabilities becoming a barrier for them to exercise their voting rights,” he added.

A few days ago, a group of people with disabilities from Batam submitted a complaint to the Riau Islands General Election Committee during a meeting held to determine the number of continuous voters. They complained that the number of voters with disabilities was relatively small due to low accessibility.

In response to the complaint, committee member Priyo Handoko said that his administration will work with disabled groups to collect data and note down the physical condition of each person with disability.

“We want all citizens to be registered as voters and exercise their voting rights on polling day,” he added.

 

Source: Antara News

The Jakarta provincial government has rerouted traffic and arranged public transportation to and from Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) for the Eid al-Adha 1443 Hijri prayer on Sunday (July 10, 2022).

Head of the Jakarta Transportation Office, Syafrin Liputo, said that his office will implement traffic restrictions on routes going to JIS from 4.30 a.m. to 10 a.m. local time.

“Vehicles that will (be allowed to) pass are (only) public transportation, (then, people who join the) Eid prayer, and residents living around JIS,” he informed here on Saturday.

Road closure will be carried out at three locations:

a. The railway crossing intersection on Sunter Permai Raya and RE Martadinata streets,

b. The intersection of Sunter Permai Raya and Bisma Raya streets,

c. The intersection of Danau Sunter Barat and Danau Sunter Utara streets.

The Jakarta provincial government has also prepared arrival and return routes from JIS and regulated the entry and exit vehicles, as well as designated a public transportation drop-off area.

“People do not need to worry and be confused. We have prepared officers to arrange parking and drop-offs, both inside and outside the stadium,” Liputo said.

It is hoped that people will adjust their travel time so that they can arrive at the venue on time, he added.

“The same condition also applies after the event is over, when returning to the parking locations,” he said.

Furthermore, Liputo informed that since the parking locations have limited capacity, his office has appealed to people planning to offer Eid al-Adha prayer at JIS to use public transportation.

To transport people joining the Eid prayer, the city’s bus rapid transit TransJakarta will operate regular services to JIS from 5 a.m.:

1. TransJakarta JIS 014 (Senen-JIS)

2. TransJakarta JIS 003 (Harmoni-JIS)

3. Non BRT 10K (Tanjung Priok-Senen via BMW Park)

4. JAK 77 (Tanjung Priok-Jembatan Hitam).

 

Source: Antara News