Jakarta, Feb. 5 -- The Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (PRR) Task Force for Sumatra announced that Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces received additional funds to support the acceleration of socio-economic recovery for communities.

PRR Task Force Chair Tito Karnavian said in an online inauguration of temporary housing in Tanah Datar, attended from here on Thursday, that the extra budget is disbursed through regional financial transfer mechanisms to strengthen local governments' capacity in handling rehabilitation and reconstruction phases.

Aceh Province received an additional budget of around Rp1.6 trillion or around US$95 million, with nearly Rp800 billion allocated to the provincial government and the rema...