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        "msgid": "some-aceh-disaster-survivors-return-home-ahead-of-ramadan-1771453023",
        "date": "2026-02-17 19:07:07",
        "title": "Some Aceh Disaster Survivors Return Home Ahead of Ramadan",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Survivors of flooding and landslides in Central Aceh's Lut Tawar subdistrict have begun returning to their mud-damaged homes after three months of displacement, motivated by the desire to observe Ramadan in their own residences. The disaster affected 11,657 people across 26 villages, damaging 4,426 homes, and village leaders are now urging the district government to assist with mud clearance so remaining evacuees can also return.",
        "content": "<p>Central Aceh (ANTARA) \u2014 Some disaster survivors in Lut Tawar\nsubdistrict, Central Aceh regency, have returned to their respective\nhomes to observe the holy month of Ramadan at their residences.<\/p>\n<p>One survivor, Khadijah, said the decision to return home was driven\nby a sense that conditions were now safe and a desire to carry out the\nRamadan fast at her own home, even though it remains buried in knee-deep\nmud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI only moved back three nights ago. Last night the rain came and I\nfelt anxious, but what can you do \u2014 we just sheltered there,\u201d Khadijah\ntold ANTARA on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re about to enter the fasting month. Being at the evacuation\ncentre just doesn\u2019t feel comfortable,\u201d said Khadijah, who had been\ndisplaced for the past three months.<\/p>\n<p>Khadijah and a number of other residents returned home despite having\nno functioning bathrooms or wells due to the mud deposits. Nevertheless,\nshe said they receive a daily supply of clean water from the Indonesian\nRed Cross (PMI).<\/p>\n<p>Toweren village head Sirwan expressed hope that his residents would\nreceive government assistance to clear the mud sediment that still\ncovers parts of their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Sirwan explained that the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and\nNational Police had previously helped clear roads blocked by mud and\nlogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our side, as village head, I can only propose to the district\ngovernment that they help clean the homes of our fellow villagers who\nstill cannot return or remain in evacuation shelters,\u201d Sirwan said.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the Aceh Flood and Landslide Response Command Post recorded\nthat 11,657 people were affected by flooding, spread across one\nsubdistrict and 26 villages. Damage to homes was reported at 4,426\nhouses.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/some-aceh-disaster-survivors-return-home-ahead-of-ramadan-1771453023",
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