Jakarta, Feb. 12 -- Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian stated that post-disaster recovery in flood- and landslide-hit regions across Sumatra is nearly 70 percent complete, with 37 of the 52 affected districts and cities having returned to normalcy.

"Nearly 70 percent of the 52 districts and cities have returned to normal within about two months," he said in a statement in Jakarta on Thursday.

Karnavian-concurrently serving as chair of the Sumatra Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Acceleration Task Force-added that four districts are nearing a full recovery, namely Lima Puluh Kota and West Pasaman in West Sumatra, South Tapanuli in North Sumatra, and Nagan Raya in Aceh.

Meanwhile, 11 districts still require spec...