PRR Task Force Ensures Update of Data for Huntara and DTH Recipients
Aceh PRR Task Force Regional Post Chief Safrizal ZA explained the proposal for adding 97 huntara units from Aceh Tamiang Regent Armia Fahmi in Aceh Besar some time ago. These huntara will be allocated to residents of Aceh Tamiang who previously evacuated outside the area and are now beginning to return to their original residences.
“As long as there are residents reporting a need for huntara according to the criteria, it will still be processed. It cannot be closed even if late; they are our people too,” said Safrizal ZA in a written statement on Saturday (11/4/2026).
Safrizal emphasised that although the latest proposal for additional huntara was submitted late, the PRR Task Force will still accommodate it by first conducting field verification regarding house damage and certainty of huntara land.
“The proposal for the Regent of Aceh Tamiang will be processed immediately; we will check it because it has been submitted by name and by address, then we will match it with BPS data and NIK; those who are entitled will certainly be built immediately,” said Safrizal, who is also the Director General of Regional Administration at the Ministry of Home Affairs.
In addition, Safrizal invited other local governments that wish to propose new DTH recipients, as done by the Aceh Tamiang Regency Government.
“Because the government does not close data updates to anticipate disaster survivors being missed from the data,” he explained.
He also explained that PRR Task Force data as of 9 April recorded the number of huntara units already completed in the three affected provinces reaching 18,678 units out of a total of 20,378 units to be built, with a progress achievement of 91 percent.
“The details are, in Aceh Province, 16,853 huntara have been completed out of a total of 18,524 to be built, or achieving 90 percent progress. In North Sumatra, 995 units have been completed out of a total of 1,024 to be built, or achieving 97 percent progress. Then in West Sumatra, out of a total of 830 units to be built, all have been completed,” he stated.
He said that on the other hand, the PRR Task Force also disbursed DTH to disaster survivors who did not choose to live in huntara. The amount of DTH assistance disbursed is Rp600,000 per month for a period of three months, so each family head receives funds of Rp1.8 million.
To date, all DTH recipient accounts have received fund transfers with a disbursement rate of 100 percent for 14,750 recipients in the three provinces. The details are Aceh consisting of 8,684 recipients, North Sumatra 4,162 recipients, and West Sumatra 1,904 recipients.
Meanwhile, Chair of the Task Force for Accelerating Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (Satgas PRR) Post-Sumatra Disaster Muhammad Tito Karnavian stated that the strategy for accelerating the construction of huntara and huntap is a step to provide decent housing to disaster survivors. This was expressed by Tito after the Coordination Meeting of the PRR Task Force Steering Team at the Complex of the Ministry of Coordinating Human Development and Culture, Jakarta, some time ago.
“The establishment of permanent huntap must be the top priority, because we certainly hope the community does not need to stay in huntara too long; each one expects the government to build housing for their homes,” Tito concluded.