JAKARTA - The Regent of Central Tapanuli (Tapteng) Masinton Pasaribu said that the losses due to natural disasters that hit the region he led reached IDR 5.4 trillion.
"The temporary loss that we calculated was Rp5.4 trillion, more or less," said Masinton in North Sumatra (North Sumatra), Saturday, quoted by Antara.
He said that the losses due to natural disasters included public facilities, infrastructure, and other losses.
Although he did not mention the total loss in detail, Masinton said that recovery from natural disasters requires the role of the central government.
Masinton said the local government needed special funds to carry out recovery from the natural disaster.
"Well, we certainly, in addition to the general funds that we receive from the center to the regions and provinces to the regions, the results of the funds, we need special budgets to carry out rehabilitation and reconstruction to accelerate recovery," he said.
Therefore, he hopes that the central government will budget the total losses suffered by the region.
"Say we add Rp2 trillion per year. That means it takes three years to recover," he said.
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