Jakarta, Feb. 18 -- Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian stated that 29 villages in Sumatra were lost to recent floods and landslides, necessitating a resolution to the resident relocation and administrative affairs.

"There are 29 villages that have been lost, wiped out by landslides or swept away by floods, and this requires a resolution," he said during a coordination meeting on Sumatra post-disaster recovery in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Karnavian explained that the issues that need to be addressed go beyond just the physical relocation of residents, but also concern village governance and administration, which must be settled promptly to ensure public services continue.

He detailed that the majority of the lost villages are in Aceh, wit...