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        "id": 1752118,
        "msgid": "agam-regency-government-seeks-additional-relocation-land-for-disaster-affected-residents-1779545680",
        "date": "2026-05-20 15:56:41",
        "title": "Agam Regency Government Seeks Additional Relocation Land for Disaster-Affected Residents",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Agam Regency in West Sumatra is seeking an additional eight hectares of land to relocate residents displaced by disasters, with two relocation schemes planned: independent relocation and integrated collective relocation. About 699 units are targeted under the collective scheme, with seven hectares currently ready and eight more hectares sought from ex-HGU land owned by PT Pelalu Raya; if suitable land is not found by June, the government may procure land with regional funds to ensure safe housing for all affected residents.",
        "content": "<p>Bukittinggi, (ANTARA) - The Agam Regency Government in West Sumatra\nis seeking to add relocation land to house residents affected by\ndisasters in the region. \u201cThe main focus at the moment includes ensuring\ndecent housing for people whose homes were severely damaged or located\nin hazardous zones,\u201d said Agam Regent Benni Warlis in Bukittinggi on\nWednesday. He cited latest data showing total housing damage due to\ndisasters reaching 2,427 units. The figure covers several damage\ncategories: 421 houses swept away, 1,613 in hazard zones and requiring\nrelocation, 249 severely damaged, 57 moderately damaged, and 87 lightly\ndamaged. He said the government is preparing two relocation schemes:\nindependent relocation and integrated collective relocation requiring 10\nhectares of new land. In this area, not only houses will be built, but\nalso social facilities, public facilities, local roads, drainage\nsystems, waste management, and access to clean water. A total of 699\nhousing units are targeted to be built under the collective scheme. At\npresent, the availability of ready-to-use land reaches seven hectares.\nWe are seeking additional land through utilising land formerly used as\nHak Guna Usaha (HGU) by PT Pelalu Raya amounting to eight hectares, he\nsaid. A request to utilise that land has been reported to the Ministry\nof Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning\/National Land Agency\n(Kementerian ATR\/BPN). He stressed that the authorities are also\ncontinuing to search for alternative land elsewhere in Agam. \u201cIf by the\nend of June free land solutions are not yet sufficient, the last step to\nbe taken will be to procure land or purchase land using the regional\nbudget to ensure all affected residents have a safe place to live,\u201d he\nsaid. Head of the Agam Housing and Settlement Office (Perkim) Rinaldi\nsaid the 10-hectare area has an estimated capacity of about 70 houses\nper hectare. The existing land is spread across three sites. First at\nDama Gadang, Tanjung Raya District, covering 5 hectares with a planned\nsite plan to accommodate 325 units, he said. The second site is in\nGumalang, Nagari Koto Gadang, covering about 1.1 hectares with capacity\nfor around 50 units. The third, Lapangan SD 05 Kayu Pasak, covering 1\nhectare with capacity for 60 units. For the independent relocation\nscheme, the Regency Government notes 1,089 homes are currently being\nprocessed. Under this scheme, residents will build new homes on land\nthey own in a safe area with a stimulus fund of Rp 60 million per unit.\nUnlike the independent relocation, the collective relocation budget is\ncalculated based on the integrated area, not per building unit. \u201cThe\nregional government is fully committed and is mobilising every effort to\nensure residents who have lost their homes can soon rebuild their lives\nin new, safer housing,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
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