Banda Aceh (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has called for the deployment of an additional 15,000 military and police personnel to accelerate the removal of mud and debris left by floods in Aceh.”I deem it crucial to speed up the removal of mud from roads, alleys, homes, hallways, and shops,” Karnavian said during a meeting with Aceh mayors and district heads in Banda Aceh on Saturday.Speaking as chair of the Sumatra Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Task Force, he urged the National Police (Polri) and the National Armed Forces (TNI) to increase their presence to complete recovery efforts before the holy month of Ramadan.”These institutions have said they might deploy additional personnel on January 20, but I want them to do it sooner,” he said.Karnavian said he had asked Polri Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to raise the number of police officers involved in disaster response operations in Aceh from 1,000 to 5,000, following the end of Christmas and New Year security operations.He also said he had requested Army Chief of Staff General Maruli Simanjuntak to increase the TNI disaster response team from 1,000 to 10,000 personnel.Karnavian noted that both Polri Chief Prabowo and TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto had expressed their commitment to strengthening personnel training to support ongoing disaster recovery efforts.”Cadets from the Navy, Air Force, Army, and Polri will join the efforts in the field,” he said, adding that such mobilization was essential to speed up mud removal in affected areas.He also highlighted the role of government service academy students, citing the deployment of 1,200 cadets from the Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) to Aceh Tamiang District.Karnavian added that his ministry may deploy more IPDN cadets to other affected regions in Aceh, including East Aceh and Gayo Lues.