Tito Ensures PRR Task Force Closely Monitors Post-Disaster Recovery in Sumatra

The Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Acceleration Task Force (Satgas PRR) for Sumatra has ensured that the implementation of post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra will be closely monitored. The Chairman of the PRR Task Force, Muhammad Tito Karnavian, stated that the central and regional governments are conducting recovery programmes in parallel, according to their respective authorities.

Once the budget is available, all planned programmes must be implemented immediately and ensured to be progressing on the ground. To oversee the implementation, Tito has deployed PRR Task Force personnel from various ministries, the TNI (Indonesian National Armed Forces), and the Polri (Independently National Police) to the affected regions. The team is tasked with inspecting work progress and identifying programmes that are still facing obstacles.

“My duty as the Task Force head, along with Mr Safrizal (Director General of Regional Development, Ministry of Home Affairs), Mr Wahyu (Head of the National Post of the PRR Task Force), and colleagues from the Task Force, TNI, and Polri, is to ensure everyone is deployed to the field,” Tito said in a written statement on Friday (11/9/2026).

Overall, the government has prepared a budget support of Rp100.1 trillion for the post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction of Sumatra for the 2026-2028 period. Specifically for 2026, the prepared budget is approximately Rp39 trillion, a large portion of which has already been distributed to the implementing ministries and agencies.

Support for regional governments has also been strengthened through an additional Regional Transfer of Rp10.6 trillion from the President. This budget consists of approximately Rp1.6 trillion for Aceh, more than Rp6 trillion for North Sumatra, and more than Rp2 trillion for West Sumatra.

Tito has issued a circular letter requesting that this additional budget be prioritised to accelerate the handling of disaster impacts in each region. Its use is directed towards meeting the needs of the community that fall under the authority of regional governments or those not yet addressed through central government programmes.

“We hope that with this addition, these regions—I have already issued a circular letter—will utilise this additional budget from the President to prioritise disaster management in their respective areas,” he noted.

In Central Tapanuli, field inspections included the planned construction of Sabo Dams in the Tukka and Sigala-gala rivers by the Ministry of Public Works. The inspection was conducted to ensure that the plans, budgets, and programme implementation are proceeding according to target.

“This is what we are checking; for example, going down to Central Tapanuli, we want to know. We know that the Ministry of Public Works will build Sabo Dams with a certain budget in the Tukka and Sigala-gala rivers. I checked it earlier to ensure that it is indeed progressing,” he said.

Field supervision will continue until December 2026. The PRR Task Force will map programmes running according to target and activities that still require acceleration, subsequently reporting the results to the President as a form of accountability for the post-disaster recovery implementation.

“Therefore, our period for conducting field inspections lasts until December,” Tito concluded.