Gayo Lues \u2014 Residents of Tetingi Village, Pantan Cuaca District, Gayo\nLues Regency, Aceh, who became survivors of a flash flood are still\nawaiting the disbursement of financial assistance from the government\nthrough the Ministry of Social Affairs and the National Disaster\nManagement Agency (BNPB).<\/p>\n
Tetingi Village Head Mahmud (41) stated during an interview that\nresidents, who have all been affected, have yet to receive housing\nrehabilitation funds from BNPB or adaptive disaster assistance from the\nMinistry of Social Affairs, despite the damage assessment process being\nconducted shortly after the disaster occurred.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is for community assistance directly from BNPB because we have\nalready submitted the data approximately a week after the disaster to\nthe regional disaster management agency (BPBD) and BNPB,\u201d said\nMahmud.<\/p>\n
Tetingi Village is home to 133 households with a total of 418\ninhabitants, all affected by the flash flood that occurred on 26\nNovember 2025. Of this number, 33 houses were swept away, whilst 42\nothers suffered severe damage and are no longer habitable, requiring\ndemolition.<\/p>\n
According to BNPB\u2019s housing repair scheme, residents with severely\ndamaged homes receive 60 million rupiah in assistance, moderately\ndamaged homes receive 30 million rupiah, and lightly damaged homes\nreceive 15 million rupiah.<\/p>\n
Additionally, adaptive disaster assistance from the Ministry of\nSocial Affairs includes living guarantee aid valued at 450 thousand\nrupiah per person for three months, housing supplies assistance worth 3\nmillion rupiah per family, and social stimulus aid of 5 million rupiah\nper family.<\/p>\n
However, Mahmud stated that to date, no funds have been disbursed to\naffected residents in his village. \u201cAs of now, no money of any kind has\nbeen disbursed by the government, not even a single rupiah has ever been\nreleased,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to him, the government through BNPB is currently\nprioritising the construction of temporary shelters for affected\nresidents, whilst housing rehabilitation funds and other assistance from\nthe Ministry of Social Affairs and BNPB remain in process.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, residents continue to need essential assistance because\nthe majority of the community\u2019s economic activities have been disrupted\nby the disaster that struck the region. \u201cBecause many people are\naffected, earning income has become extremely difficult, so assistance\nis desperately needed by the community,\u201d said Mahmud.<\/p>\n
He added that the last food aid received by residents came from\ncommunity donations and volunteers from Yogyakarta, which was\ndistributed on 9 March 2026. Meanwhile, the last assistance from the\nregional government was received approximately one month ago in the form\nof rice aid distributed in stages.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amount is approximately 600 to 700 kilogrammes of rice with each\ndistribution. The assistance is adjusted according to the number of\nhouseholds and inhabitants in our village, but it has been one month\nsince the distribution from the ministry or agency, and there has been\nnothing else since,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/residents-of-tetingi-village-gayo-lues-still-awaiting-aid-funds-from-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-bnpb-1773672778", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }