Not Only Housing Assistance, Residents Who Were Victims Of The Cianjur Earthquake Were Also Distributed To Work In Factories

The Regent of Cianjur, West Java, Herman Suherman.(ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri).

CIANJUR - The Cianjur Regency Government, West Java, has prepared capital assistance and entrepreneurship training for earthquake victims who will be relocated. Even productive-age residents who receive relocation houses in Mande District will be distributed to work in a number of factories. Cianjur Regent Herman Suherman said that the economic recovery of earthquake victims, especially relocation residents, will get a number of priorities in building businesses to earn in new places. "We have prepared a number of economic recovery programs for residents, especially the productive age to become MSME players who receive training and assistance from related agencies, including livestock programs," he said in Cianjur, Antara, Thursday, January 26. For those who want to become workers in a number of factories that are abundant in Mande District, his party has instructed the Manpower and Transmigration Office to make relocation residents a priority, so that they get income. The local government, he said, really thinks about all the needs of residents when living in relocation houses because they have to adapt and find work to support their families, even though those who own agricultural land can still work on the land. "We have asked the Mande District to open up opportunities for cooperation with existing companies, to prioritize residents on the relocation land of Mande District, while the Cilaku District relocation will receive a training program to become MSME actors and work on agricultural breeding land," he said. For the elderly parents who will be relocated, Herman added, they will be included in the Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS) as recipients of assistance. A number of residents who received news that their village would be relocated, hoped that the plan could confirm the point of the house that could not be rebuilt. "We want to hear directly how many houses will be relocated from Rawacina Village, don't just mention that they will be relocated because we will survive if there is no clarity, let alone adjust to a new place," said resident of Nagrak Village, Rohendi (49).