Jakarta, Jan. 14 -- Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian said he has developed a number of strategies to accelerate rehabilitation and reconstruction following the hydrometeorological disaster in West Sumatra Province.

The minister, who also serves as head of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Sumatra, said post-disaster recovery indicators in the 16 districts and cities affected in West Sumatra have shown encouraging progress.

"The indicators in West Sumatra are relatively positive. This is because we see that almost all of the 16 affected regional governments are implementing green policies," Karnavian said in a statement on Wednesday.

He said data from all 16 disaster-a...