Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Eight out of every 10 people in Nias, North Sumatra, are unsatisfied with the rehabilitation and reconstruction work in the tsunami-ravaged region, according to a survey.
The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) found that only 21 percent of 419 Nias respondents saw improvement in the construction of main roads, while only nine percent said their water and sanitation was better since the reconstruction projects started last year. (more…)
By Sebastien Berger, South East Asia Correspondent
The British Government has the worst record for honouring pledges to help to rebuild the area worst affected by the Boxing Day tsunami, it emerged yesterday.
As the second anniversary of the disaster approaches, the Government has only given a fifth of the money it pledged to the biggest international consortium working in the Indonesian province of Aceh. Entire villages along hundreds of miles of Aceh’s coast were swept away by waves caused by an underwater earthquake and 168,000 people were killed. (more…)
