Minister Maruarar Sirait: Construction Of Lewotobi Disaster House Involves Disaster Victims

JAKARTA - Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait (Ara) revealed that the construction of houses in handling the Mount Lewotobi eruption disaster, NTT, must involve disaster victims who will become potential residents.

"In addition to the results of data collection on the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) for disaster victims who will be relocated, there must also be a dialogue with residents of prospective residents of their residents so that they are right on target. Do not let any incidents of houses that have been built not be inhabited," said Ara. reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, November 12.

It aims to ensure that the house that has been built will be right on target inhabited by disaster victims.

Ara accompanied by the Director General of Housing of the Ministry of PKP Iwan Suprijanto held a meeting with the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto at the BNPB Office, Jakarta.

In order for the construction to be carried out immediately, Ara requested that data collection be carried out immediately so that there is certainty of the points and the number of houses to be built.

"In addition, an estimate of the cost of building his house and its contents will also be prepared. Also make sure the stock of the house construction materials is ready, for tomorrow we will report it during a meeting with the Vice President," said Ara.

Meanwhile, Suharyanto said that from the results of the temporary data collection there were around 2,700 housing units that needed to be built for disaster victims who would be relocated.

Until now, together with the TNI/Polri and local governments are still collecting data on the amount of damage that occurred in the field.

"There are already two lands planned for relocation, namely in Lakangkledang, Ulayat Region, Nobo Village, Konga Village (50 hectares) and Kramak Kobasoma Village, Kobasoma Village (50 hectares)," said TNI Lieutenant General Suharyanto.

Meanwhile, Iwan Suprijanto said that for the construction of houses for disaster victims, there is currently a Healthy Simple Instant Home (risha) technology and an Instant Panel System (ruspin) that has proven fast and tough.

"We already have stock in the catalog for the procurement of goods and services and all of them are MSMEs. We have prepared a development plan, if all the data has been validated, we can start construction in mid-December 2024 and the target is completed in April 2025," said Iwan.