Banda Aceh (ANTARA) \u2014 Disaster survivors from hydrometeorological\ndisasters in Pidie Jaya District, Aceh Province, who have been living in\nemergency shelters and tents, are appealing for urgent relocation to\nmore adequate housing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope to be relocated soon to better housing, whether temporary or\npermanent shelter. We have now spent three months in evacuation,\u201d said\nRizwan, a hydrometeorological disaster survivor in Pidie Jaya, on\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Rizwan currently lives in an emergency shelter with hundreds of other\ndisaster survivors housed in tents in the courtyard of Gampong Meunasah\nRaya Mosque in Meurah Dua District, Pidie Jaya District.<\/p>\n
Rizwan explained that he cannot return home as his previous residence\nwas flooded by a flash flood caused by the overflow of Krueng (River)\nMeureudu in late November 2025, leaving the house severely damaged and\nstill buried under three metres of mud.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently, I live with my family in a shelter I built next to the\nmosque. We along with the evacuees here hope to be relocated soon to\nmore adequate housing,\u201d said Rizwan.<\/p>\n
He noted that temporary housing being constructed near the mosque had\nbeen partially completed and was ready for occupation. However,\nplacement in the temporary housing was still awaiting a decision from\nthe local government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe evacuees here are still waiting for when we will be relocated to\ntemporary housing. We hope that before Eid al-Fitr we can be moved from\nthe tents and shelters to these temporary units,\u201d said Rizwan.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Keuchik (village head) Meunasah Raya Abdul Halim Ishak\nreported that 95 temporary housing units were being constructed in the\nvillage. To date, construction progress averaged 75 per cent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope the temporary housing can be completed as quickly as\npossible so evacuees in this village can have more adequate shelter.\nCurrently, around 500 residents have been evacuated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In addition to sheltering in tents and emergency barracks, many\nresidents of Gampong Meunasah Raya are staying with relatives and family\nmembers, as their homes remain uninhabitable due to being buried under\nmud.<\/p>\n
\u201cResidents from three hamlets in this village cannot return home as\ntheir houses are severely damaged and buried under mud. Additionally,\nclean water and electricity facilities are also not yet available in\nthese three hamlets,\u201d said Abdul Halim Ishak.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/disaster-survivors-in-pidie-jaya-call-for-relocation-to-proper-housing-1772273165", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }