BPBD Records Total Recipients Of Stimulant Funds For Earthquake Victims Of Cianjur Capai 64,901 Families

Residents sit in front of temporary shelters in Gasol Village, Cugenang Village, Cianjur Regency, West Java/ANTARA

West Java BPBD Youth Expert Disaster Analyst Adwin Singarimbun said, from the data on the total target recipients of stimulant funds for victims of the Cianjur Earthquake, both those in the category of minor, moderate and heavy damage reached 64,901 families (kk) spread across a number of sub-districts. "For the first stage, the construction process has reached 94.8 percent, hold the second 92.6 percent. Our third stage has only started based on conditions on April 9, 2023,” Adwin Singarimbun said when contacted, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, April 19. The government, starting December 8, 2022, has distributed house repair stimulant funds for victims of the Cianjur earthquake that occurred some time ago. The stimulant assistance provided to communities affected by the Cianjur earthquake varies, for buildings with minor damage of Rp. 15 million, moderate damage to Rp. 30 million and heavily damaged Rp. 60 million. According to him, the disbursement of stimulant funds was carried out through Bank Mandiri West Java as a bank appointed by the Government. "The Provincial BPBD only assists disaster management activities during the emergency status until the transition period," he said. Adwin explained that the buildings affected by the Cianjur earthquake received stimulant funds through several processes and conditions as well as regulations entitled to the assistance. Filtering in accordance with existing regulations in technical instructions, including families who lost their homes and/or were damaged by the disaster, whether heavily damaged, moderately, and lightly damaged. Then have proof of valid ownership of the house and/or reside in the disaster-affected location in accordance with the identity of the population. Adwin emphasized that the government's stimulant funds should not be used for other purposes. This stimulant fund is only for repairing damaged buildings according to the rules. This “ stimulant fund should not be used by victims for purposes outside of house repairs. And stimulant funds are distributed simultaneously. So nothing is prioritized or looks at the broken priorities, "” he said. But in disbursement from banks, we still see the dynamics of the field, especially administrative constraints such as population data, as well as the creation of accounts and savings books. "Untuk penyaluran dana stimulan perbaikan rumah bagi korban gempa Cianjur ini akan dilakukan sebanyak empat tahap, sebelum tahun 2023 berakhir," ujarnya. "We are targeting that the distribution of stimulant funds will be completed this year," he said.