Residents Who Survived The Geruduk Earthquake At The West Pasaman Regent's Office Collected House Assistance

Residents of Kajai, Talamau District, West Pasaman, West Kalimantan, raided the local regent's office on Thursday 9 March. (Between)

The West Pasaman Regent's Office was raided by its citizens who came from Kajai, Talamau District. They were earthquake victims a year ago who were promised to receive housing assistance. "Today, for the umpteenth time we came to the regent's office to ask for certainty when the houses affected by the earthquake were heavy, moderate and light to build," said Kajai Mashendi, one of the earthquake victims, Thursday, March 9, was confiscated by Antara. According to him, there are several points demanded by the earthquake victims, namely that the house aid money is heavily damaged, do not go down to the building shop but directly into the hands of the community, the name the decision letter has not been crossed out and does not need to be verified again, and the name proposed for immediate release of the letter. Then the house aid is moderately damaged so that it is immediately disbursed, the technical team should not be selective and rigid in calculating the volume, the West Pasaman Regency Government should not be complicated in making technical instructions and to the West Pasaman Regent side with the community not for individual interests. "Soon again, we want assistance to be immediately disbursed because it has been one year since the earthquake hundreds of houses have not been rebuilt," he said. Responding to the arrival of earthquake victims, West Pasaman Regent Hamsuardi and Deputy Regent Risnawanto as well as the ranks of the Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkompimda) held a meeting with earthquake victims. "Today we hold a meeting and find solutions by presenting the West Sumbar Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BNPB) zoom," he said.

From the wishes of the community and from the explanation of BPKP and BNPB, the 1,111 heavily damaged houses must be verified and validated again so that the data is valid and on target Then for cash disbursement directly to community accounts it certainly depends on the BNPB rules. The Director of BNPB Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Planning, Ali Bernadus said the two ways used for money distribution are heavily damaged. First, money is sent to the accounts of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPDB), then sent to the building store. The community will then take the materials to the building store with technical team assistance according to the Budget Plan The second way is direct assistance money from BPBD accounts to the community accounts that have been made. "Which method is used, of course, the team in the determining district. If it is paid, the 40 percent must be escorted by the technical team and the progress must be clear. The point is technical instructions are possible to be changed as long as it is used to build houses that have been in SK-kan," he said. Other Jendri residents expect that verification and validation of houses that enter the data must be fast and do not interfere with the houses that have been completed. verified. "It's a pity for us because it's been more than a year since the earthquake victims' houses have not yet been rebuilt. The problem of technical instructions is actually not too difficult to make it. The most important is the intention," he said. The West Pasaman earthquake that occurred on February 25, 2022, resulted in 1,111 units of houses being heavily damaged, 1,171 units of moderately damaged houses and 2,172 units of lightly damaged houses.