Master plan for Aceh, Nias signed

JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed on Friday a presidential regulation on the master plan for the reconstruction of tsunami-devastated Aceh and earthquake-hit Nias, North Sumatra, State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra said.

He explained that the master plan consisted of pictures of roads and beaches in the two natural disaster-hit regions.

"Details of the master plan include pictures of beaches, roads, etc," Yusril said, declining to elaborate further.

He said earlier that three days after the signing of the regulations, a government regulation on reconstruction and rehabilitation of the people's lives in Aceh and Nias would be signed.

It would later be followed by a presidential decree on the appointment of personnel in charge of carrying out the reconstruction and rehabilitation work, he said. --Antara