JAKARTA - Indonesia’s Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian said the recovery of flood- and landslide-hit areas in three Sumatra provinces is estimated to require about Rp130 trillion over the next three years. 

He made the remarks at a press conference at the Presidential Staff Office in Jakarta on Wednesday, March 25, where the government discussed post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction plans for Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. 

The figure is still preliminary, the ex-Indonesia’s police chief said, because it comes from a draft master plan prepared by Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning based on proposals from ministries, agencies and local governments, and may still contain overlapping items.

“Once it’s finalized, the Minister of Finance will fund it once it's fully operational. This is a truly clear plan, ready to go, with everything to be built and how much it will cost,” Tito added.

The Rp130 trillion estimate covers major rebuilding needs, including permanent housing, bridges, roads, schools, river normalization, places of worship and other public facilities. Tito said the program would be carried out in phases through a multi-year scheme, with different ministries responsible for their respective sectors.

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has previously claimed during a visit to Aceh Tamiang on March 21 that post-flood recovery was “almost 100 percent complete,” but Indonesia’s own disaster agency reporting showed some evacuees were still living in tents in Aceh.

Data from Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) dashboard as of March 26 shows 4,799 households still displaced across the three provinces, including 4,748 in Aceh and 51 in West and North Sumatra. The death toll stood at 1,207, with 138 people still missing.

The disaster has caused widespread infrastructure damage across 53 districts and cities, with a total of 301,012 homes affected, including 58,505 heavily damaged, 66,785 moderately damaged and 175,722 lightly damaged. Public facilities have also been hit, with 215 health centers, 4,922 schools and 813 places of worship reported damaged.