PRR Task Force Accelerates Borehole and Sanitation Facility Construction for Survivors

Data from the PRR Task Force as of 19 May 2026 show support for borehole wells and clean water facilities from various agencies has reached more than 1,500 points across three affected regions. The figure represents a significant acceleration compared with 31 March 2026, which recorded 958 boreholes completed and 548 sites still under construction, or an increase of around 59 percent.

That acceleration is to ensure affected communities still have access to their most basic needs during the recovery process. In temporary shelters (huntara) and permanent housing (huntap) areas, boreholes and sanitation facilities are the main support for daily activities, from cooking, bathing, washing, to maintaining environmental health conditions.

Borehole construction also accompanied by acceleration in recovery through MCK construction, distribution of clean water installations, deployment of heavy equipment, and provision of water purification equipment in several affected areas. The collaboration involves TNI AD, the Ministry of Public Works (PU), the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), the Police (Polri), PRR Task Force, as well as various private sector and other stakeholders.

According to the latest data, TNI AD has built 489 borehole sites and 231 MCK units in affected areas. Support also comes from BNPB with 313 sites, the Ministry of PU with 350 sites, and police borehole aid reaching 371 sites in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

Acceleration in provision of clean water was also directly reviewed by Deputy Chair I of the PRR Task Force, Lieutenant General TNI Richard Tampubolon, during a working visit to Central Tapanuli Regency and South Tapanuli, North Sumatra.

During the visit, Richard inspected boreholes in the huntara and huntap area Rusunawa Pandan while ensuring clean water facilities could be used by affected communities optimally.

“From inputs of provincial and district BPBD, what is most needed by communities is clean water. After coordination and intensive communication, we decided to build five borehole units and five water installations in Central Tapanuli and five borehole units in South Tapanuli,” Richard said in a written statement, Wednesday (20/5/2026).

Previously, the Chair of the Sumatera Post-Disaster PRR Task Force, Muhammad Tito Karnavian, stressed that clean water is among the top priorities in the transition recovery period after the disaster. According to him, accelerating borehole construction is important to prevent health problems and help communities resume daily activities more decently.

“Thank you very much to all parties who have cooperated in building boreholes and sanitation facilities. Clean water is a basic need for affected communities, especially because many water networks were damaged by the disaster,” Tito concluded. (akd/ega)