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View all search resultsPost-flood reconstruction ramps up in Sumatra as Idul Fitri approaches
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Residents prepare meals for iftar at the Simarpinggan temporary housing complex in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on Feb. 19, 2026. A total of 186 households displaced by landslides in Tandihat village broke their fast at the complex. (Antara/Sulthony Hasanuddin)
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he government is accelerating post-disaster recovery across northern Sumatra after months of slow progress, prioritizing the construction of temporary housing to relocate thousands of evacuees ahead of the Idul Fitri holiday.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said it is currently focusing on accelerating the completion of the remaining 2,418 temporary houses out of a total 4,189 needed for victims of the flash floods and landslides in Aceh Tamiang regency, one of the worst-hit areas in last year’s hydrometeorological disasters across three provinces in northern Sumatra.
BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari said construction has now entered its final stages and is expected to be completed by the second week of March.
“With this accelerated effort, BNPB is optimistic that all survivors will be able to move into comfortable temporary housing in time for this year’s Idul Fitri,” Abdul told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday, referring to the religious celebration that marks the end of Ramadan, observed by Indonesia’s majority Muslim population.
Authorities have also begun dismantling emergency tents that had housed evacuees since the disaster struck in November.
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At least 1,207 people were killed and 138 remain missing in the calamity, which affected 53 regencies and cities across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, according to BNPB data.
