The temporary housing would be built in two villages in Cugenang Sub-district and Nagrak Village in Cianjur Sub-district, Coordinator of the PMI-Cianjur Office's Disaster Emergency Response Unit, Fajar Aciana, remarked.
The PMI aims to provide temporary housing to the displaced residents to enable them to move from the emergency tents to more decent accommodation facilities, he noted in a statement that ANTARA quoted here, Tuesday.
For the first phase, PMI has set a target of completing 150 of the 500 units of temporary housing within two weeks. The accommodation facilities are constructed not far from the residents' damaged houses, he remarked.
Thus, they could conduct activities in their respective villages, he noted, adding that each of the temporary housing units could accommodate a household with three children for six months.
The PMI has, so far, completed five units in Nagrak Village that have been used by 12 people from four households, Aciana noted.
Apart from building the temporary housing, the PMI has also planned to give cash aid to enable the displaced residents to resume work at their abandoned farmlands and to provide logistics for three months, he stated.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake had jolted Cianjur District in West Java Province on November 21 at 1:21 p.m. local time.
According to the Cianjur district administration, the number of houses brought down and severely damaged by the recent earthquake had increased to 8,151.
"The number of severely damaged houses has increased, from 7,817 to 8,151 units. They all have been verified," Secretary of the Cianjur District Government Cecep Alamsyah stated.
Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Alamsyah said the number of houses suffering moderate damages had also increased, from 10,589 to 11,210 units.
The number of houses with mild damages also went up, from 17,195 to 18,469 units, he said, adding that the earthquake had also severely damaged 525 school buildings, 269 houses of worship, 14 healthcare facilities, and 17 office buildings.
As of Sunday, death toll from the Cianjur quake had reached 334, while eight residents were still missing, he stated.
According to Alamsyah, the government has prepared 2.5 hectares of land in Sirnagalih Village to be used for building 200 earthquake-resistant houses.
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