Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Minister Hadi Tjahjanto, on Friday (January 19), personally handed over certificates of permanent residences to people affected by floods in Sukaraksa Village, Bogor District, West Java Province.
Tjahjanto, accompanied by West Java Acting Governor Bey Machmudin and Acting Bogor District Head Asmawa Tosepu, distributed residence certificates to a total of 51 representatives of people whose houses had been damaged by floods.
"We expect people to properly keep and protect the certificates. I would also like to note that people can make the most of the permanent residences to run productive businesses that are expected to boost the economy," he remarked.
Meanwhile, acting district head Tosepu explained that the Bogor district government had been working along with several institutions to build as many as 3,771 permanent residences dedicated to those falling victims to the natural disaster.
He pointed out that during the 2021-2023 period, the regional government had managed to build 2,704 permanent residences, while the rest had been built by the public works and public housing minister, West Java provincial government, and National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
The permanent residences can be found at 29 locations scattered across 21 villages in seven sub-districts in Bogor District. The locations were determined based on their proximity to most of the flood-affected houses.
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"We are not merely building houses, as we are also constructing various public facilities and infrastructure, such as schools, health centers, and public street lighting, while ensuring access to clean water," Tosepu, who concurrently serves at the Home Affairs Ministry, remarked.
He further noted that the central and regional governments have utilized a total budget of Rp300 billion (US$19.2 million) to build permanent residences while adding that the Bogor district government has allocated an additional budget to build around 850 houses this year.