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        "id": 2009037,
        "msgid": "kulon-progo-extends-drought-emergency-alert-status-until-31-december-1790686962",
        "date": "2026-09-29 19:04:29",
        "title": "Kulon Progo extends drought emergency alert status until 31 December",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Kulon Progo Regency Government has extended the drought emergency alert status until the end of 2026 due to the prolonged dry season caused by El Ni\u00f1o. Local authorities and police units are actively distributing clean water to thousands of residents across the affected districts.",
        "content": "<p>The Kulon Progo Regency Government, Special Region of Yogyakarta\n(DIY), has extended the Drought Emergency Alert Status to face the\nprolonged 2026 dry season, effective from 1 October to 31 December\n2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe emergency alert status for the drought disaster has now been\nofficially extended,\u201d said the Head of the Kulon Progo Regional Disaster\nManagement Agency (BPBD), Setiawan Tri Widada, in Kulon Progo on\nTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the extension refers to adjustments in weather\nforecasts from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency\n(BMKG), which predicts that the dry season will persist until the end of\nthe year due to the El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday (28\/9), Setiawan noted that the Kulon Progo BPBD has\ndistributed 387 tanks of clean water to 121 points spread across 7\nsub-districts (kapanewon), 23 villages (kalurahan), and 64 hamlets\n(padukuhan).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis assistance has reached 2,537 heads of households (KK) or\napproximately 6,552 individuals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have proposed an additional allocation of around 300 tanks from\nthe Revised Regional Budget (APBD Perubahan), which is currently being\nprocessed,\u201d added Setiawan.<\/p>\n<p>Support for managing the clean water crisis has also been provided by\nthe Kulon Progo Police and the DIY Regional Police Brimob unit, which\nhave deployed water treatment vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Kulon Progo Police Chief AKBP Ridho Hidayat explained that these\nvehicles are equipped with machines to process raw water into water that\nis ready for direct consumption by communities in the drought-affected\nareas.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kulon-progo-extends-drought-emergency-alert-status-until-31-december-1790686962",
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