Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang | Thu, 03/25/2010 6:51 PM
The South Tangerang municipal administration will soon distribute the rest of relief funds amounting to Rp 1.5 billion (US$164,000) to Situ Gintung dam burst victims exactly one year after the tragedy.
“To distribute the rest of the funds, the administration will have to issue a municipal regulation,” Ahadi, assistant to the municipal administration for governance and welfare said Thursday.
He expects acting mayor MH Shaleh to sign the decree soon so that the distribution can take place on March 27.
The left-over funds cannot be transferred without clear regulations because the administration will have to report it to the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), Ahadi said.
Although Situ Gintung survivors have been enjoying public attention since the tragedy, but for most of them, there are no clear signs of permanent housing or sustainable funds on the horizon until the administration told them to leave temporal shelters at Wisma Kerta Mukti in November.
Since the collapse of the dam that killed 100 residents in March 27 last year, the municipal administration has collected a total of Rp 6.7 billion from donors.
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