The Government Provides Assistance To Repair The Homes For Earthquake Victims Of Cianjur, How Much Is The Compensation?

Illustration of houses damaged by the Cianjur earthquake (/ANTARA PHOTO/Wahyu Putro A/wsj)

YOGYAKARTA The government will provide housing repair assistance for victims of the Cianjaur earthquake, West Java.

According to records from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), there were at least 56 thousand more houses damaged by the Cianjur earthquake.

"The house was damaged 56,320 houses, consisting of houses heavily damaged 22,241, houses moderately damaged 11,641, houses lightly damaged 22,090 houses of course this will continue to be verified," said Head of BNPB Suharyanto during a press conference on Wednesday, November 23, 2022.

So, how much compensation funds for repairing houses are given to victims of the Cianjur earthquake?

Compensation Fund for Repair of Earthquake Victims of Cianjur

Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono said that victims of the Cianjur earthquake would receive compensation funds for repairing houses of Rp. 50 million, which is BNPB's stimulant.

Basuki added that the funds were given to victims whose houses were lightly to moderately damaged.

"So the SOP is like that, if the house is only cracked, it can be repaired itself, it is given a stimulant which is the task of BNPB, but if it collapsed, such as residents' houses, offices, mosques, Kodim offices, bridges, it is the duty of the PUPR Ministry to repair it," said Basuki, quoted from Antara, Thursday, November 24, 2022.

Heavy Damaged Houses Will be Rebuilt with Earthquake-Resistant Technology

Meanwhile, earthquake victims whose houses were heavily damaged or collapsed will be relocated and built by builders. Later, heavily damaged houses will be rebuilt with earthquake-resistant standards.

"If it is built, it must be based on earthquake-resistant standards from the Ministry of PUPR. That is the president's order," said Basuki.

Basuki said that he had instructed the Director General of Housing of the Ministry of PUPR to verify the houses of victims of the Cianjur earthquake. A new house for victims of the Cianjur earthquake will be built with earthquake-resistant technology at the Simple Healthy Instant House (RISHA).

Risha technology is a form of a house with a modular design, namely a concept that divides the system into small parts (modules) with an efficient size so that it can be assembled into a large number of different products.

The design of a house built with Risha technology can be changed or developed according to the wishes or needs of its residents. Not only that, the construction process with RISHA technology is also very fast.

"We have RISHA, that's why, for example, there are houses that are earthquake-resistant like this, we will use it. I have asked the Director General of Housing, he is already in stock, first creates the modules of his house, so now it's just a matter of transportation, depending on the local government because the local government has to prepare the land, later we will land clearing and we will build it," said Basuki.

Previously, President Jokowi on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 stated that the government would bear the repair of the houses of victims of the Cianjur earthquake.

"Those (houses, red) will be severely damaged, will be given assistance of Rp. 50 million, which is Rp. 25 million, and the lighter Rp. 10 million," said Jokowi, visiting VOI.

The rehabilitated house must later be built with anti-earthquake standards. So, if this disaster occurs again, it will not cause loss of life and material.

Moreover, the earthquake that occurred in Cianjur can be repeated within a certain period of time. So, the government wants to prepare anti-earthquake buildings for the community.

"The most important thing is that the construction of houses affected by this earthquake is required to use building standards that are anti-earthquake by the Minister of PUPR," said the former governor of DKI Jakarta and the mayor of Solo.

"Because it was conveyed earlier, this earthquake is an annual 20-year earthquake. So that we will direct the construction of the anti-earthquake house," said Jokowi.

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