Avoid Earthquake Survivors From Contractors Fraud, Cianjur BPBD Tightens Disbursement Of Aid From The Center

Cianjur Regent Herman Suherman inspected the earthquake-resistant houses built by contractors that were abandoned for four months because the construction was incomplete. (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri).

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Cianjur Regency, West Java, has tightened the disbursement of stimulant aid money for the construction of phase IV houses from the central government. This is done to avoid earthquake survivors from becoming victims of fraudulent applicators or contractors. Head of the Cianjur Regency BPBD Construction Rehab Division, Nurzein, said that the process of disbursing earthquake aid was further tightened through a number of stages as a condition, where before disbursement to the bank, BPBD officers would again verify it. "After completing the complete data, the data can only be brought to the bank and then re-verification by the BPBD team and disbursed, previously the technical team carried out validation directly to the field involving a number of elements, such as bhabinkamtibmas, babinsa, the Settlement Service and the village," he said in Cianjur, as reported by Antara, Friday, October 20. The requirements for the construction of earthquake-resistant houses carried out by applicators or contractors must be 100 percent completed by adjusting the budget plan (RAB) recommended by commitment-making officials (PPK). All of the requirements from the contractors were taken to the Cianjur BPBD Office to be re-verified along with the survivors of the unrepresented homeowners in order to avoid fraud and fraud that could happen to beneficiaries. "So from now on we will include people who will disburse to come to BPBD, not just files," said Tedi. Cianjur Regent Herman Suherman said the rise of earthquake-resistant houses built by third parties was not completed because the game of applicators or contractors who manipulated data and took away the survivors' stimulant money. Therefore, the pattern of disbursement of stimulant aid money for returning homes for survivors of the Cianjur earthquake is further tightened, especially those using applicator services or third parties who have completed construction and filing must be accompanied by the owner of the house.

"There is no applicator who can disburse the stimulant aid for the construction of the residents' houses unilaterally even though they have completed the work, they must be accompanied by the owner or beneficiaries," he said.