Government Reveals 100% Recovery of Electricity and Health Facilities After Disaster in Sumatra
The government has revealed the progress of post-disaster recovery in Sumatra. The government has disclosed that electricity supply to health facilities has been fully restored by 100 per cent.
This was directly stated by the Head of Bakom, M Qodari, during a press conference at his office on Jalan Veteran, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (13/5/2026). Qodari explained that currently, no villages affected by the Sumatra disaster remain without electricity.
“All villages in the three provinces are 100 per cent powered. There is no village still experiencing outages due to the disaster,” said Qodari.
The same applies to health facilities. Qodari stated that 130 hospitals and 1,265 community health centres have been fully operational.
“All 130 hospitals and 1,265 community health centres affected have been operational at 100 per cent,” he said.
Nevertheless, he noted that there are still 6 units out of 2,952 auxiliary community health centres that are not yet operational. These are located in the city of Sibolga, specifically in the North Sibolga sub-district, as well as in Central Tapanuli Regency in the Sarudik, Pasaribu Tobing, and Tukka sub-districts.
In addition, Qodari said the government has simultaneously distributed three financial support instruments. This is to ensure that affected residents are not alone in recovering their lives and economic activities.
Starting with the housing waiting funds (DTH), on 12 May, it was fully disbursed to 720,767 families. All these families consist of 13,547 families in Aceh, 4,288 families in North Sumatra, and 2,932 families in West Sumatra.
There is also support for repairing damaged houses. A total of 31,007 house units have received support, comprising 18,335 units of minor damaged houses with support of Rp 15,000,000 per unit. Then, 12,672 units of moderately damaged houses with support of Rp 30,000,000 per unit.
“The total value of support is Rp 655 billion,” Qodari stated.
There is also support for housing contents, life guarantees, and economic stimulus, with realisations of Rp 192 billion for housing contents, Rp 347 billion for life guarantees, and Rp 320 billion for economic stimulus. The total realisation of these three supports exceeds Rp 860 billion.
Meanwhile, for the education sector, 4,922 affected schools in the three provinces have resumed learning activities. In parallel, the government is also revitalising 3,002 schools with a total budget of Rp 2.86 trillion.
The same applies to communication networks. All affected base transceiver stations (BTS) in the three provinces have been restored by 100 per cent. Respectively, 3,815 BTS in Aceh, 5,845 in North Sumatra, and 1,483 in West Sumatra.
As for national roads and bridges, 150 affected national road and bridge sections in the three provinces are now functional again. This has also impacted inter-regency connectivity, which has been reconnected since the end of December 2025.