December 2, 2025 | 06:21 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Traffic flow began to slow down several kilometers towards the exit of Kualanamu Airport, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Monday, December 1, 2025, night. The cause was the queue of two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicle drivers on the roadside.
These drivers queued for about 150 meters from the entrance gate of the gas station located on the left side of Kualanamu Airport Road towards Medan. They queued to get their share of fuel, which has become scarce in the North Sumatra region.
"After the flood disaster in Medan, Deli Serdang, the types of pertalite and biosolar fuels have indeed become scarce," said Deputy Chair of the North Sumatra Regional Representatives Council (DPRD), Sutarto to Tempo at the gas station on Monday, December 1, 2025.
According to him, the shortage of fuel supply is not only happening in the Medan and Deli Serdang regions that were hit by the flood disaster, but also in other areas, one of them being in Pematang Siantar City, North Sumatra.
Based on Tempo's observation at the Pertamina 14.211.203 gas station on Mayjend D.I Panjaitan Street, Pematang Siantar City, the queues of drivers appeared to almost cover a full lane of the road.
They complained about the minimal supply of subsidized fuel in the midst of flash floods and landslides. A truck driver, Saragih, 35, said that the scarcity of non-subsidized solar fuel had been happening in the Pematang Siantar region since last week.
"At other gas stations, there is non-subsidized solar. If we, as drivers, use that (Dexlite), we will not be able to afford it," said Saragih.
Sutarto stated that he has requested the North Sumatra provincial government and Pertamina in the Northern Sumatra area to take quick and strategic steps to address this issue. He warned that the people of North Sumatra have been facing difficulties in fuel supply as a result of flash floods and landslides.
"The North Sumatra provincial government must directly monitor the situation on the ground. We must not let the economic activity and mobility of the people be disrupted by this fuel scarcity," said the PDIP politician.
The Vice Governor of North Sumatra, Surya, stated that he has conveyed the complaints of the public regarding the shortage of fuel supply in several regions under his leadership. He said the complaints had been conveyed to Pertamina Patra Niaga in the Sumbagut area when they met at the Emergency Disaster Response Post of the North Sumatra Provincial Government on Sunday, November 30, 2025.
This Golkar Party politician did not deny the long queues at several gas stations, both in Medan City and other areas in the last few days. He admitted to having coordinated with Pertamina to promptly resolve the issue of fuel supply scarcity.
"The provincial government has summoned Pertamina to find a solution," said Surya.
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