JAKARTA - The Chairman of the Post-disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Task Force for Sumatra and Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian reported that 8,290 temporary shelters (huntara) had been built for victims of the Sumatra disaster.
The construction of thousands of huntara has been completed by the Danantara Investment Management Agency (BPI), the National Disaster Management Agency (BPNB) to the Ministry of Public Works (PU).
The plan for the construction of huntara in the three provinces affected by the disaster reached 16,688 units.
This was conveyed by Tito in a Coordination Meeting (Rakor) of the DPR with the Sumatra Post-Disaster Recovery Task Force at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, February 18.
"For the construction of huntara, in Aceh the construction plan is 14,967, in North Sumatra 993 and West Sumatra 728. What has been built in Aceh is 6,676, North Sumatra 893, West Sumatra 721. So, the total plan is 16,688, has been built 8,290, both from Danantara, BNPB and the Ministry of PU," said Tito.
In addition, said Tito, the distribution of housing waiting funds for people in the three affected provinces has now reached an average of 96.6 percent. It is known that the government has disbursed housing waiting funds of Rp. 600,000 for three months.
The reason, said Tito, is that most residents whose houses were severely damaged and lost chose to contract, rent and live in their relatives' houses.
"The distribution of housing waiting funds for Aceh is 94 percent, North Sumatra 99 percent and West Sumatra 97 percent. This is specifically for houses that are severely damaged or lost, they choose contracts, rent or live in their family's house, given a housing waiting fund of Rp. 600,000 multiplied by three (months) so Rp. 1.8 million," said Tito.
According to Tito, the provision of housing waiting funds was carried out last week in dozens of districts/cities affected by the Sumatra disaster. "Last week we carried it out simultaneously in 25 districts/cities," he added.
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