Govt to revise reconstruction plan<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Due to Monday's large earthquake near the Nias and Simeuleu
\nislands, the government will revise the blueprint it has drafted
\nfor the post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh and parts of North
\nSumatra.<\/p>\n
State Minister for National Development Planning Sri Mulyani
\nIndrawati said on Wednesday that her office would immediately
\nsend a team to Nias within the week, to assess the damage from
\nthe calamities.<\/p>\n
\"Apart from assessing the losses, the team will also identify
\nthe funds needed for additional rehabilitation and
\nreconstruction, which will then be included in the revision of
\nthe blueprint,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Mulyani said could not make an estimation of the likely cost
\nof the damage. \"From what I have been told, at least 12 districts
\nin Nias were severely damaged by the quake,\" she said.<\/p>\n
She explained that a revision of the blueprint was still
\npossible because it had not yet been finalized.<\/p>\n
\"The presidential decree for the blueprint has not been signed
\nand issued yet, so the Nias area is still open for revision,\" she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Following the end of the emergency response and rehabilitation
\nperiod in Aceh, the government drafted a blueprint for the
\nensuing reconstruction period. It presented the blueprint to the
\nAcehnese people last Saturday, opening it up for any suggestions.<\/p>\n
The reconstruction period is expected to start in April and to
\nbe completed in the next five years, requiring funds of up to Rp
\n41.4 trillion (US$4.35 billion).<\/p>\n
An earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale hit Nias and
\nSimeuleu islands late on Monday, only 320 kilometers away from
\nthe epicenter of last year's 9.0-magnitude tsunami-generating
\nearthquake.<\/p>\n
The quake, while it did not create a tsunami, damaged
\ninfrastructure on both islands and is estimated to have claimed
\nabout 1,000 lives.<\/p>\n
Mulyani said the government had received extra offers of aid
\nfor the Nias quake from several foreign countries, including the
\nU.S., Australia, Germany and Japan.<\/p>\n
\"Japan, for example, has discussed with us several emergency
\nrelief activities they would like to carry out,\" she said. \"Many
\ncountries have also offered their aid through the United Nations
\nagencies.\"<\/p>",
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