Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian, who chairs the Task\nForce for Accelerating Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction\n(PRR), has urged ministries and agencies to speed up rehabilitation and\nreconstruction in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. Projects that\ncan be carried out this year are targeted for completion before 31\nDecember 2026.<\/p>\n
Tito told the media after attending a ministerial-level coordination\nmeeting on progress in accelerating post-disaster rehabilitation and\nreconstruction in the three provinces. The meeting was held at the\nCoordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture in Jakarta on\nTuesday (27 October) and chaired by Coordinating Minister Sugiono.<\/p>\n
Tito said the disaster response had first gone through an emergency\nphase focused on evacuations, helping victims and saving lives, followed\nby an emergency transition period. During the emergency response,\nPresident Prabowo Subianto mobilised national resources, including the\nIndonesian Military (TNI), the National Police (Polri), the National\nDisaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), the National Search and Rescue Agency\n(Basarnas) and local governments.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the emergency response, the President also provided an\ninitial additional Rp268 billion in contingency funding. Then, during\nthe transition period, the President established a task force, with the\nCoordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture as chair of the\nsteering team and all coordinating ministers as members, along with the\nNational Police Chief, the TNI Commander and the Finance Minister,\u201d Tito\nsaid in a statement on Tuesday (27 October 2026).<\/p>\n
He said that, during the recovery phase, most government activities\nin affected areas had resumed. Aceh Tamiang regency, which had\npreviously suffered severe disruption, was beginning to recover. Basic\nservices, including electricity, fuel, LPG and internet access, had\nlargely returned to normal.<\/p>\n
Hospitals and community health centres were also operating again.\nHowever, six auxiliary community health centres in North Sumatra had\nbeen damaged or destroyed by the disaster and still required\nattention.<\/p>\n
Education had resumed as well. Of the 4,922 affected educational\ninstitutions, 99 schools were still holding classes in emergency\nclassrooms. The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is\noverseeing the response in coordination with the Ministry of Public\nWorks and the Army.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would also like to express our sincere thanks to our colleagues\nin the Army, whose bridge task force has built hundreds of bridges. The\nPolice have also built more than 100\u2014around 120, if I am not mistaken,\u201d\nhe added.<\/p>\n
Although services are beginning to recover, Tito warned that heavy\nrain was still triggering further floods and landslides in several\nareas. This has added to the government\u2019s work to restore access and\npeople\u2019s daily activities.<\/p>\n
Tito therefore called on ministries and agencies that had received\nbudget allocations to accelerate implementation in line with this year\u2019s\ntargets. He said work on schools, homes, roads, bridges and facilities\nsupporting local economic activity must continue so that affected\nresidents can benefit as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope this coordination will speed up all the processes, ensure\nall the ministries and agencies take action, and encourage local\ngovernments to move faster using their own budgets and the additional\nfunding,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
Also attending the meeting were Coordinating Minister for Community\nEmpowerment Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar, Housing and Settlement Areas\nMinister Maruarar Sirait, BNPB Head Kristomei Sianturi and other\nofficials.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tito-targets-completion-of-sumatra-post-disaster-recovery-projects-this-year-1793109183", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }