Tito: 171 People Still Living in Aceh Evacuation Tents
Interior Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian stated that there are still 43 family heads or 171 people in Aceh province who are displaced in tents, four months after the disaster. The head of the Task Force for Accelerating Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (PRR) Post-Sumatra Disaster said the figure is based on data as of 24 March 2026.
Tito explained that out of the total 18 affected districts/cities in Aceh, the remaining displaced residents are in Aceh Tamiang Regency and Bireuen Regency. Meanwhile, no displaced persons are recorded in the other 16 districts/cities.
Tito said this data shows that nearly 100 per cent of residents are no longer living in evacuation tents. According to his records, the number of displaced persons in Aceh as of 2 December 2025 was around 107,820 family heads or 1.4 million people.
“Now what we see is in Aceh Tamiang, specifically in Sekumur Village, Sekerak Subdistrict, there are 26 family heads or 96 people,” Tito said during a press conference on the progress of accelerating rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Sumatra disaster, at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta, on Wednesday, 25 March 2026.
According to Tito, nearly 100 displaced persons in Aceh Tamiang are in remote areas with constrained access. Due to the difficult access, the government is also hindered in delivering logistics and starting to build temporary housing or huntara.
Once access is opened, the National Disaster Management Agency or BNPB can enter to establish huntara. “So currently the process is already building huntara. InsyaAllah, at the latest in two weeks,” Tito said.
Meanwhile, in Bireuen, there are 17 family heads or 75 people still displaced. These dozen families, Tito explained, have not moved from the evacuation tents because they do not want to accept the temporary housing waiting funds or DTH. They request to be directly moved to huntara or permanent housing (huntap).
For the 26 families in Aceh Tamiang, the government is providing a solution to build huntara. The housing is targeted to be completed in two weeks. Meanwhile, for the 17 families in Bireuen, the government will build huntap. However, the construction process is predicted to take quite a long time.
“The solution for these 26 is already in place, already being built. Next week, at the latest in two weeks, these 26 will enter huntara. No problem. For the 17, because they want direct huntap, yes, it automatically takes time. Because building huntap also takes more than a month,” Tito said.
Previously, President Prabowo Subianto stated that recovery post-disaster in Aceh Tamiang Regency is now nearly 100 per cent. He assured that all affected residents have left the evacuation tents and are occupying decent housing, either huntara or permanent housing. “Alhamdulillah, there are no more in tents, already 100 per cent out. All aid has been distributed to the people,” Prabowo said after Eid al-Fitr 1447 H prayers with residents at Darussalam Mosque, Kebun Tj Seumantoh, Karang Baru Subdistrict, Aceh, on Saturday, 21 March 2026.
The ecological disaster in the form of flash floods and landslides hit the northern part of Sumatra Island at the end of November 2025. The disaster affected 52 districts/cities spread across Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.
BNPB recorded that 18 districts/cities in Aceh were affected, with details of 203 subdistricts and 3,046 villages/gampongs. The disaster that hit Aceh resulted in total damage to 81,654 houses.
As of 21 March 2026, the number of fatalities from the Aceh floods is 564 people. Meanwhile, nearly four months later, 28 people are still reported missing.