Banda Aceh, Aceh, Dec. 18 -- The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is accelerating the construction of temporary housing for disaster victims in three provinces on Sumatra Island: Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

The Head of the BNPB's Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Center, Abdul Muhari, in Banda Aceh on Thursday, informed that several disaster-affected districts and cities in the three provinces have submitted land applications for the construction of temporary housing.

"We are accelerating the construction of temporary housing in all disaster-affected areas. Work is already underway in several locations," he noted.

Muhari explained that in Aceh, construction of 12 temporary housing units has begun in the...