The Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Task Force for\nSumatra has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that all survivors of\nhydro-meteorological disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra\nreceive aid quickly, accurately, and sustainably.<\/p>\n
In its implementation, the PRR Task Force applies a phased aid\ndistribution model based on data provided by the affected local\ngovernments. This scheme is chosen so that aid can be immediately felt\nby the community without waiting for the entire data collection process\nto be completed.<\/p>\n
The Head of the PRR Task Force for Sumatra Post-Disaster, Muhammad\nTito Karnavian, explained that field conditions during the disaster make\nthe data collection process take longer because affected residents are\nscattered to remote and inland areas.<\/p>\n
According to Tito, if aid distribution must wait for the entire data\ncollection to be fully completed, the community\u2019s recovery process will\nrun much more slowly. Even, houses in the categories of minor and\nmoderate damage have the potential to experience more severe damage due\nto delayed repairs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we wait for the local government\u2019s data collection to finish\nbecause the affected victims are widely scattered, the data collection\nwill be very slow. What happens is that minor and moderate damaged\nhouses will become more damaged because they are not repaired while\nwaiting for aid from the centre,\u201d said Tito in his statement on Thursday\n(7\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n
He emphasised that the central government can only disburse cash aid\nif the data from local governments has been verified. Therefore, the PRR\nTask Force decided to carry out aid distribution in phases according to\nthe available and validated data.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why I decided that aid is given gradually. Whatever data on\naffected residents is already available from local governments is\nimmediately verified by BPS and the aid is directly disbursed both by\nBNPB and the Ministry of Social Affairs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Tito added that local governments are still given room to continue\nupdating data on affected communities if more residents are found who\nare not yet on the recipient list. This additional data will then be\nre-verified by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) before aid is\ndisbursed by the relevant ministries\/institutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there are more that are missed by the local government, please\npropose again, re-verified by BPS, then aid is disbursed again by BNPB\nand the Ministry of Social Affairs,\u201d said Tito.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/head-of-prr-task-force-urges-local-governments-to-continuously-update-recipient-data-post-disaster-aid-to-1778181218", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }