Jakarta:President Prabowo Subianto presided over a limited meeting at Merdeka Palace to assess the rehabilitation progress one year after floods and landslides struck the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

According to Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, who leads the Task Force for the Acceleration of Sumatra Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, stated that the meeting focused on the progress of rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts and strategies to mitigate future disaster risks in the affected provinces.

The November 2025 disaster impacted 53 regencies and cities and 4,533 villages and subdistricts, displacing over 2.1 million people. It resulted in damage to more than 184,000 homes, 4,922 educational facilities, 954 healthcare facilities, 1,593 places of worship, and numerous roads and bridges. The Central Government has since allocated approximately Rp12.34 trillion to support the regional governments, which includes emergency expenditure assistance and additional regional transfers.

The Government has outlined a comprehensive master plan for rehabilitation and reconstruction through 2028, encompassing 11,520 activities such as road and bridge construction, river restoration, and the rebuilding of schools and housing. The implementation of this plan is estimated to require Rp100.67 trillion.

Significant progress has been made in restoring basic facilities, with hospitals resuming operations and most schools reopening. The construction of temporary housing is near completion, with efforts now focused on building permanent homes. The Government aims to complete the rehabilitation and reconstruction by 2028, overcoming the challenges posed by the disaster's extensive impact across the region.