Regency Government Will Change 463 Houses Damaged Due To Disasters In Bekasi

A number of houses were damaged by a tornado in Sumberjaya Village, South Tambun District, Bekasi Regency, West Java on Wednesday (1/3/2023). (ANTARA)

BEKASI - Bekasi Regency Government, West Java, allocated a budget to repair 463 housing units damaged by hydrometeorological disasters that caused hundreds of houses to be damaged some time ago. "The budget for the repair of one house that was heavily damaged was Rp. 40 million, if for the lightly damaged Rp. 20 million," said the Head of the Bekasi Regency Housing, Settlement Area, and Land Office of Bekasi Regency Nur Chaidir quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, March 19. He said, the allocation of financing for the provision of damaged housing assistance was sourced from the disaster management program in the Bekasi Regency Disperkimtan. His party is currently still waiting for the Bekasi Regent's Decree regarding the classification of housing units according to the level of damage before realizing the aid. "Later we will see in the Regent's Decree, whether the entry was lightly or heavily damaged, then the budget was adjusted," he said. Chaidir said, based on the results of the joint assessment of the regional disaster management command team, it was recorded that hundreds of houses were affected by the disaster, both floods and tornadoes. "We will process all of them. The important thing is still related to the disaster. We are still giving time to our colleagues below, from villages and sub-districts to complete this aid submission report," he said. Bekasi Regency was hit by a number of disasters, ranging from floods that inundated almost all sub-districts, landslides, to tornadoes that contributed to the destruction of hundreds of housing units in Tambun Selatan District. Based on data from the Pusdalops of the Bekasi District Disaster Management Agency, as many as 463 housing units were damaged due to hydrometeorological disasters. Hundreds of these houses will be repaired using the emergency budget. Bekasi Regent Dani Ramdan said the local government allocated the financing of house repair was damaged due to disasters using special budgets based on sub-district proposals. "The origin of the sub-district, of the sub-district, of the sub-district, of the RT and RW, the village head who filed for rehabilitation. Later we include it in the BTT (Unspected Biaya

The house repair scheme is classified based on the level of damage, ranging from light, medium, to severe. Meanwhile, assistance will be provided in the form of money and materials. "Repair assistance uses a budget that is refocused because from the Pure APBD it has been used for emergency response operations. We make sure the house repairs are carried out this year and it should be this year because of urgent needs," he said.