JAKARTA - The Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) emphasized that the government's current focus is to accelerate the handling of recovery in the affected areas of Sumatra, namely Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.
He emphasized that the government through the Disaster Recovery Task Force (Satgas) would continue to work and had no deadline for dissolution.
"There is no deadline, we are asked to work as quickly as possible," said Prasetyo as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, February 18.
Based on the latest data, around 15 thousand residents in Aceh and 850 residents in North Sumatra are still living in evacuation tents.
The government targets that the construction of temporary housing (huntara) can be completed before Lebaran so that the refugees can immediately get a more decent place to live.
Prasetyo admitted that the process of building the huntara had not been carried out according to the initial target which had been projected to be completed before Ramadan. He said there were a number of obstacles in the field.
"One problem with data collection, this is also a problem. Then the problem, this is one by one, yes. So the technical field is one by one, asked, whether it is willing to be made, developed huntara," said Prasetyo.
According to him, the process requires an individual approach to affected residents, including ensuring the readiness of relocation and the construction of permanent housing (huntap) in new or old locations.
Prasetyo emphasized that the government was committed to accelerating development through cross-ministerial and inter-agency coordination, as well as DPR support.
"So the field constraints are various. But once again, that's where we need each other to coordinate to speed up the process," he added.
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