Govt Asks for More Time to Rehabilitate C. Sulawesi after Quake
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Debris and damaged houses are seen in Petobo Village, Indonesia October 3, 2018 in this still image obtained from a social media drone video. Liquefied soil caused numerous buildings to collapse in the Indonesian city of Palu after Friday's magnitude 7.5 earthquake, which has killed more than 1,400 people. Palang Merah Indonesia (Indonesian Red Cross)/via REUTERS
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Government asked the public to give them more time to reconstruct and rehabilitate Palu, Donggala, and other affected areas following the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that hit Central Sulawesi.
“Take Aceh for example, the rehabilitation and reconstruction process took over five years for the area to run normally again,” said Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro, The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) on Thursday, October 4.
He explained that the reconstruction of Central Sulawesi would need an extensive amount of time and a big funding.
“We have yet calculated the magnitude of our loss caused by the natural disaster, let alone the budget for reconstruction. We are still focusing our efforts on the victims’ mitigation,” said Bambang.
However, Bambang Brodjonegoro said that the government plans to hold a meeting upon rehabilitating and reconstructing affected areas in Palu, which will be led directly by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
