Public Works Minister Ensures Temporary Housing Facilities in South Tapanuli Ready Before Eid
Jakarta — Indonesia’s Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo has confirmed that temporary housing facilities (huntara) for residents affected by disasters in South Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province, will be ready for use before Eid.
The government is currently refining several supporting facilities, particularly the provision of clean water for residents.
To date, 127 housing units have been occupied in phases. Hanggodo stated that, in general, all housing units are ready for occupancy, although the government continues to refine several facilities.
“The housing is essentially ready. What we are ensuring now is an adequate water supply for all units. Currently, we are adding borehole points to meet the water needs of all residents,” he explained in a statement on Sunday, 8 March 2026.
Meanwhile, electricity supply comes from PT PLN (Persero) with 900 watts of power for each housing unit.
Currently, two shallow borehole points are available. Therefore, the government is accelerating the addition to four or five borehole points to ensure adequate water supply for residents across the 21 housing blocks.
Whilst awaiting completion of the additional boreholes, the Public Works Ministry, together with contractor PT Nindya Karya (Persero), is assisting in meeting water needs through water tank filling using tanker trucks.
“We are targeting completion of the additional boreholes in the coming days so all eligible residents can soon move into this temporary housing,” he added.
Overall, the housing area is being prepared to accommodate approximately 245 households, in line with data provided by the local government.
To meet these needs, the Public Works Ministry is constructing 252 housing units divided into 21 modular blocks, with each block comprising 12 housing units.
The area also features communal kitchens, washing facilities, and a wastewater treatment system with a capacity of 5 cubic metres.
The housing was built on an area of 14,369.03 square metres from a total measured land area of 74,081.51 square metres, with the overall area spanning approximately 2.6 hectares.