Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially opened a conference of the Aceh and Nias Coordination Forum at the Jakarta Convention Center here on Friday.
During the conference, the Aceh and Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR) presented its accountability since its operation in the aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami.
The mandate of the Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency will be over on April 16, 2009.
BRR Chief Kuntoro Mangkusubroto in his speech said that in the Forum he would report all progresses achieved and programs prepared to support Aceh and Nias to enter a sustainable development stage.
"We would like to report that out of all pledged funds amounting to US$7.2 billion, including US$2.1 billion from the Indonesian government, 93 percent or US$6.7 billion have been delivered to Aceh and Nias to finance various projects which have been completed currently," he said.
BRR had completed the constructions of about 134,000 houses, and 3,600 km long roads, he said.
In the economic field, a paddy harvesting was conducted in Bireun, Aceh, 15 months after the deadly tsunami.
In the education sector, more than 1,400 school buildings had been constructed and some 40,000 teachers had joined training courses, he said.
According to BRR`s data, the tsunami which devastated Aceh and Nias on December 26, 2004, destroyed 120,000 houses, damaged 70,000 others, and devastated 14 airports, 114 medical facilities, and 2,000 schools.
The natural disaster also killed 2,500 teachers, and damaged 3,000 km long roads, 120 bridges, 20,000 hectares of fish ponds, 60,000 hectares of rice fields, and 1,052 government office buildings.
During the reconstruction period, some 133,903 houses were built, 1,047 medical facilities were developed, and 1,488 school buildings were constructed.
BRR had also coordinated training courses for 39,438 teachers, and constructions of 3,585 km long roads, 273 bridges, 12 airports, 20 seaports, 3,193 places of worship, and 987 government office buildings.
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