Banda Aceh, Aceh, March 16 -- Home Minister Tito Karnavian, who leads the Task Force for the Acceleration of Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Sumatra, is targeting that no evacuees remain in tents by the time of Eid al-Fitr.

"The target is that before the holiday there will be no more evacuees living in tents. There are two options for those currently in tents: they can move to temporary shelters or receive housing waiting funds," Karnavian said here on Monday.

He delivered the statement while accompanying the Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf in distributing disaster assistance to residents of East Aceh district.

Construction of temporary shelters is ongoing in several disaster-affected areas in Aceh Province, ...