The Relocation House For Earthquake Survivors In Cianjur Is Just Waiting For PUPR To Install Electricity And Water

Relocation houses for earthquake survivors Cianjur in Munisari Village, Mande District. (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri).

The Cianjur Regency Government (Pemkab) stated that the house for the relocation of earthquake survivors in Munisari Village, Mande District, could be occupied immediately.

Cianjur Earthquake Disaster Spokesperson, Budi Rahayu Toyib, said 151 housing units could be occupied by earthquake victims immediately after the PUPR Ministry completed the installation of electricity and clean water.

"A number of obstacles are still being found, such as 100 percent of electricity has not been installed, clean water facilities are not yet available because they have tried to drill wells at three points but have not succeeded in issuing water," he said in Cianjur, West Java, Monday, June 5, which was confiscated by Antara.

Budi said the responsibility of the house for survivors of the Cianjur earthquake had not yet been handed over by the Ministry of PUPR to the Cianjur Regency Government.

He also hopes that a number of home shortages can be fulfilled soon so that more than a hundred prospective residents can leave the tents or emergency housing they have occupied in the last six months.

The PUPR Ministry's plan, continued Budi, will hand over the key to 151 relocation houses at the end of May, but it cannot be done because of a number of these obstacles, so that prospective recipients who are residents of Sarampad and Cugenang sub-districts are forced to wait.

"More than a hundred residents who have agreed to be relocated from the Cugenang earthquake center, did not receive stimulant funds, they still live in tents and emergency housing, and certainly want to immediately occupy their new home," said Budi.

The Cianjur Regional Government also hopes that by the end of June all supporting facilities and infrastructure will be installed, so that earthquake victims who have been waiting for a long time will immediately occupy a new house in Mande District.

"We are targeting that by the end of June they will be able to occupy the relocation house. We will continue to communicate with the ministry so that earthquake victims no longer live in tents or emergency shelters," he said.