Jakarta (VNA) - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) of Indonesia has announced that the government built thousands of houses for disaster victims in several regions last year.
Head of the BNPB’s Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Centre Abdul Muhari stated that the houses were concentrated on North Sulawesi, West Sumatra, and East Nusa Tenggara.
Based on the agency's report, construction has been completed for 2,066 permanent housing units in Bolaang Mongondow district, North Sulawesi, for 315 families who survived the eruption of Mount Ruang in the Sitaro Islands.
In West Sumatra, the government constructed 258 housing units in Agam district and 122 others in Tanah Datar district.
Flash floods combined with cold lava from Mount Merapi in May 2024 caused significant damage to the houses of hundreds of families.
Muhari affirmed that his agency, in collaboration with the Indonesian Army (TNI AD), has also built 27 semi-detached temporary houses for 135 families affected by the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara.
The BNPB, along with related ministries, agencies, and the East Flores administration, strives incessantly to ensure the construction of permanent housing for around 5,000 to 6,000 victims of the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki eruption this year./.
