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        "msgid": "north-sumatra-province-targets-zero-displaced-persons-by-eid-al-fitr-1772466976",
        "date": "2026-03-02 21:37:19",
        "title": "North Sumatra Province targets zero displaced persons by Eid al-Fitr",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "North Sumatra Provincial Government is accelerating the construction of temporary shelters to accommodate all disaster victims before Eid al-Fitr celebrations. Currently, 1,427 temporary housing units are under construction across three regencies affected by November 2025 hydrometeorological disasters, with 909 families (3,506 people) still displaced. Provincial authorities aim to complete all shelters so that displaced residents can celebrate Eid in their new temporary homes.",
        "content": "<p>The North Sumatra Provincial Government is accelerating development\nefforts to achieve zero displaced persons by Eid al-Fitr. According to\nBasarin Yunus Tanjung, Assistant for Governance and Public Welfare at\nthe Provincial Secretary\u2019s Office, speaking at the Governor\u2019s Office on\nMonday, 1,427 temporary housing units are currently under rapid\nconstruction across various locations in two regencies: South Tapanuli\nand Central Tapanuli.<\/p>\n<p>Some temporary shelters (huntara) in three regencies in North\nSumatra\u2014South Tapanuli, North Tapanuli, and Central Tapanuli\u2014are already\noccupied by displaced residents. Currently, 909 families or 3,506 people\nremain in evacuation centres, noted Basarin, who also chairs the North\nSumatra Disaster Response Command Post.<\/p>\n<p>According to provincial data, the thousands of temporary housing\nunits for victims of the hydrometeorological disaster that occurred in\nlate November 2025 are located across three regencies and cities in\nNorth Sumatra.<\/p>\n<p>In South Tapanuli, there are five locations across five\nsub-districts: Angkola Barat with 123 units, Angkola Sangkunur with 11\nunits, Batang Toru with 245 units (now occupied), Angkola Selatan with\n186 units (now occupied), and Siporok with 118 units (now occupied).<\/p>\n<p>North Tapanuli has one location in Adiankoting sub-district with 40\nunits, which are now occupied. Central Tapanuli has 13 locations across\nsix sub-districts: Pandan features the Pandan Student Housing complex\nwith 77 units and the former Mangga Dua Golf Course site with 500 units;\nSibabangun includes Muara Sibuntuon Health Centre Annex with 4 units and\nMuara Sibuntuon Community Hall with 8 units, plus Tapian Nauli with 75\nunits and Badiri with 250 units; Sitahuis includes Rampah Sitahuis\nCommunity Hall with 16 units and Nauli Sitahuis Community Hall with 8\nunits; and Tukka includes Sipange (planned 80 units) and Tanah Merah\nHutanabolon (30 units).<\/p>\n<p>In Pinangsori sub-district, the Pinangsori Haji Dormitory has 46 of\n52 units occupied. Tukka has the Pasar Tukka Community Hall with 12\nunits occupied, and Pandan has the Student Housing site with 84 of 90\nunits now occupied.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government reaffirmed that several other temporary\nhousing construction sites, particularly in Central Tapanuli and South\nTapanuli, are in final completion stages. \u201cWith this, all displaced\npersons will be accommodated in temporary shelters. Hopefully they can\ncelebrate Eid this year by living in these shelters,\u201d Basarin\nstated.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/north-sumatra-province-targets-zero-displaced-persons-by-eid-al-fitr-1772466976",
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