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Govt provides 40,000 houses to victims of Lombok earthquake
There are about 77,917 other houses that are being rebuilt and are expected to be finished in December.
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A resident of Montong Gading district, East Lombok, stands by her damaged house following an earthquake in 2018. (Courtesy of BPBD NTB/-)
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he government has handed over 40,000 quake-resistant houses to people in three regencies in West Nusa Tenggara province who were affected by an earthquake on Lombok in 2018.
The handover was done at a ceremony in Batulayar, West Lombok, on Thursday led by Maj. Gen. (ret) Dody Usodo Hargo, an assistant to the Office of the Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister.
Dody said the provision of the quake-resistant houses (RTG) shows the government’s commitment to helping the victims of the 2018 earthquake.
“The inauguration and the handover of the houses are expected to help the residents live normal lives without trauma resulting from the disaster,” said Dody, who was accompanied by 162/WB Military Command chief Col. Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani and West Nusa Tenggara Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Ahsanul Khalik.
He said he appreciated the provincial administration, the National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI) for facilitating the development of the quake-resistant houses.
He added that the government would monitor and ensure all the remaining unfinished quake-resistant houses would be completed by the end of this year.
“For those whose houses have not been fully completed, they must be patient. I ask the developer to speed up the construction, so that all people can get housing,” he said.
