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• • Wahyu Ario Pratomo is an academic at Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU).
• • Wahyu stated post-disaster recovery cannot be measured by physical construction alone.
• • Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka inspected recovery sites in North Sumatra on Friday (4/9).
• • Inspected locations included Tapanuli Tengah, Kota Sibolga, and Tapanuli Selatan.
• • Visit covered residential housing, schools, bridges, and disaster-control infrastructure.
• • In Aek Parombunan, some permanent housing units have been handed over to residents.
• • Other permanent housing units in Aek Parombunan remain under construction.
• • In Tapanuli Selatan, the government is accelerating permanent housing for residents still in transition.
• • Wahyu said recovery must include water, sanitation, electricity, schools, and healthcare facilities.
• • Recovery must also cover transportation, employment, and economic activity centers.
• • Gibran called for strengthened central-regional government collaboration in recovery efforts.
• • Gibran designated regional officials (forkopimda) as the frontline of field implementation.
• • Forkopimda were instructed to identify and resolve community needs during the transition period.
• • Gibran ordered regional governments not to let residents wait too long for solutions.
• • Every recovery issue must be identified and coordinated immediately with the central government.