Reviewing Flood Impact in Sitaro, Home Affairs Minister: Government to Address Affected Houses

Home Affairs Minister (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian directly inspected settlements affected by flash floods in Siau Tagulandang Biaro Islands Regency (Sitaro), North Sulawesi, on Friday (10/4/2026). The visit was conducted together with the Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait and BPS Chief Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti. On that occasion, Tito emphasised that their presence aimed to ensure the handling of damaged houses due to the disaster, in line with direct instructions from President Prabowo Subianto. “The programme from President Prabowo instructs Mr Ara Sirait, myself, the BPS Chief, and everyone to work on housing and improve development in border areas,” Tito stated in a press release received by Kompas.com on Friday. He added that the Ministry of PKP has a programme to address uninhabitable houses in border regions. Furthermore, Tito stressed that the policy on handling uninhabitable houses is part of the government’s strategy to strengthen border areas, both in terms of community welfare and aspects of defence and nationalism. “(This policy is an effort) to maintain border areas as a security and defence buffer zone, as well as for people’s justice so that nationalism increases and the state is present,” he asserted.