Jakarta (VNA) - The Ministry of Housing and Settlement in collaboration with the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will provide 5,000 housing units in disaster-prone areas across several regions.
Indonesian Deputy Minister of Housing and Settlement Fahri Hamzah said that the ministry has a stock of mobile houses of around 5,000 units spread across several points, which are ready to be distributed to residents in the disaster locations. The ministry has also prepared the stock for the coming years and included it in the state budget, the official stated.
Hamzah affirmed that his side is currently holding discussions regarding real-time data with the Social Affairs Ministry and BNPB.
Based on BNPB's latest data, Indonesia faced over 5,000 disasters in 2024. Among these incidents, requests for rehabilitation and reconstruction focused on 17 types of severely damaged infrastructure.
The agency reported that last year saw significant infrastructure damage, including 95 bridges and 26 embankments or river-coastal embankments, an increase compared to the 2019-2020 period, when the BNPB received proposals for repairing 33 bridges and eight embankments in 2019.
Earlier, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, Pratikno, also instructed all regional governments to review the condition of physical infrastructure in each region to prepare for potential hydrometeorological disasters.
All regional governments should immediately check their physical infrastructure and make sure there are no blockages in drainage systems or other issues, he emphasised.
In 2024, the Indonesian government built thousands of homes for disaster victims, primarily focusing on areas that suffered significant damage from natural disasters last year, including North Sulawesi, West Sumatra, and East Nusa Tenggara./.
