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Post-tsunami recovery at Indonesia's Mentawai islands to cost $133.4 billion

2011-04-05 05:08:07 GMT+7 (ICT)

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Monday announced that reconstruction efforts for the Mentawai islands, which was struck by a devastating tsunami on October 25, 2010 that cuased over 400 deaths, will cost around 1.16 trillion rupiahs ($133.4 million).

BNPB Data and Information Center-Public Relations Office head Sutopo Nugroho told Indonesia's Antara news agency in Jakarta that 486 trillion rupiahs ($55.9 million) of the 1.16 trillion would be distributed during the current year, as the agency said reconstruction would last over a period of three years, from 2011 to 2013.

In addition, Sutopo explained that the funding would focus on five central areas: housing, economy, infrastructure, social, and trans-sectors.

BNPB Emergency Response Division acting deputy chief Doddy Ruswandi added that recovery efforts had already constructed 1,376 temporary housing units, consisting of 410 houses at North Pagai, 450 at South Sipora and 516 at South Pagai, despite reconstruction in Mentawai would officially begin in May or July.

As of Monday, BNPB had provided 13.9 billion rupiahs ($1.6. million) to Mentawai Regency Government for the recovery program, which has focused principally at the empowerment of the people's economy on various sectors including fishery, agriculture and small and medium scale businesses.

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$ 133.4 Billion....:o...maybe we should change that into $ 133.4 Million ;)

But, I agree, its not so easy to calculate Rupiah into s:

Post-tsunami recovery at Indonesia's Mentawai islands to cost $133.4 billion

by BNO News on April 4, 2011

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Monday announced that reconstruction efforts for the Mentawai islands, which was struck by a devastating tsunami on October 25, 2010 that cuased over 400 deaths, will cost around 1.16 trillion rupiahs ($133.4 million).

http://amerpundit.co...-133-4-billion/

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