Palu Survivors Still Yearn for Permanent Homes

The Central Sulawesi post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction plan was responsible for completing the permanent housing for survivors by the end of 2020.

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A resident named Taufik (38) stands at his kiosk in the temporary housing complex (huntara) of Petobo Village, South Palu District, Palu City, Central Sulawesi, Monday (31/5/2021).

It may be good for decision-makers from Jakarta and Palu to live for a week at the temporary shelter (huntara) of survivors of the Palu earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction in Central Sulawesi.

At the very least, in doing so they will experience the distressing life that the fellow citizens displaced by the natural disasters have been enduring for the past two and a half years at the temporary settlement.