Bahorok residents demand houses

Bahorok residents demand houses

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Local victims of the Bahorok flash flood
are demanding that Langkat Regent Syamsul Arifin ensure that the
government build them new homes.

The residents said the government had promised last year that
it would build 400 modest houses worth Rp 50 billion for them in
the Bahorok resort area, and they are now demanding that the
promise is honored.

They expressed concern that no further news had been heard
from the government since it first pledged to build the
houses.

The Bahorok flash flood late last year was the worst natural
disaster of the year. The flood claimed the lives of 157 local
residents and tourists, with a further 82 people missing. --
Antara