Minister of Interior (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian presented a number of strategies to accelerate post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction in the Sumatra region. He said the government had mapped the recovery conditions in 52 affected districts/cities in three provinces, namely Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
This mapping divides the areas into three categories, namely normal, semi-normal and not yet normal areas. This process involves the participation of relevant regional governments so that the data collected is consistent with field conditions.
“So we can apply the strategy to where we want to go [bergerak melakukan penanganan]”, said Tito, in a written statement, Saturday (10/1/2026).
He conveyed this during the coordination meeting of the DPR RI Post-Disaster Recovery Working Group with the Sumatra Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Acceleration Reconstruction Working Group, held in Banda Aceh, Aceh.

It is known that Tito was appointed by President Prabowo Subianto as chairman of the Task Force for Accelerating Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Aceh, North Sumatra (North Sumatra) and West Sumatra (Sumbar). From the start of his mission, Tito immediately held a meeting to map and verify the current post-disaster conditions in 52 districts/cities with relevant parties.
Based on the results of the meeting and the field inspection, Tito outlined a number of priority steps. First, speed up the cleaning of sludge in residential areas and waterways. According to him, the deployment of additional personnel from the TNI and Polri is essential to speed up the cleaning process before entering the month of Ramadan.
Besides the TNI and Polri, Tito also encouraged the involvement of official schools by assigning students, as did the Institute for Internal Government (IPDN) of the Ministry of the Interior. Deployment of personnel can be tailored to the needs of affected areas.
“If it can be done by gangs, additional police, TNI, then official schools, everyone will move, the mobilization will take place, I am sure that the areas where there is a lot of mud will soon be clean, including up to the houses,” he stressed.
Secondly, Tito also stressed the importance of reactivating the regional government through the acceleration of the distribution of the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD). He explained that the Ministry of the Interior had issued a circular allowing regions to quickly make changes to the APBD.
Tito also gave an example of distributing remittance funds to Aceh Tamiang which was carried out without waiting for all administrative formalities.
“A speed mechanism like this is absolutely necessary in these affected areas. [daerah terdampak] have capital,” he explained.
Third, strengthen social and economic support to affected communities. Tito encouraged the optimization of social assistance, such as the Family Hope Program (PKH), BPJS Health Contribution Assistance Recipients (PBI), as well as other assistance to maintain people’s purchasing power. According to him, this step is important to revive the economy, including for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

“If we give them what we call, help [seperti] BLT (Direct Cash Assistance), this automatically means they have purchasing power. “It will be a money round,” he said.

Furthermore, Tito stressed the importance of accelerating the improvement of access to land, reducing the number of refugees in tents by providing temporary shelters (huntara), as well as validating data on damage to houses so that aid can be distributed immediately. He also stressed the need for weather modification operations to anticipate rains that could potentially hamper the recovery process, especially in upstream areas such as Gayo Lues.
On the other hand, Tito expressed his intention to hold a follow-up technical meeting with regional heads in Aceh region to collect data for the task force to immediately respond to. It will also directly inspect a number of affected areas in Aceh, such as Aceh Tamiang, Bener Meriah and Gayo Lues, as well as affected areas in North and West Sumatra.
“Make details [datanya] we will be more precise [penanganannya]we want to move,” he concluded.
The meeting was also attended by DPR RI Vice Chairman and Chairman of the DPR RI Working Group Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, DPR RI Vice Chairman Cucun Ahmad Syamsurizal, Minister of Public Works (PU) Dody Hanggodo, Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP). Maruarar Sirait, Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, Deputy Governor of Aceh Fadhlullah, and other relevant officials.

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