Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday approved a blueprint for rebuilding regions affected by the Dec. 26 tsunami and other recent disasters, an official said.

Indonesia Issues Plans for Quake, Tsunami

 

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Indonesia issues plan for quake, tsunami areas

JAKARTA, April 15, 2005 (Reuters) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday approved a blueprint for rebuilding regions affected by the Dec. 26 tsunami and other recent disasters, an official said. The masterplan details projects stretching over five years, worth close to $5 billion, designed to get parts of two provinces on Sumatra island -- Aceh and North Sumatra -- back on their feet. Most of the money going to Aceh.

It also carries directives for next week's planned creation of a special body to administer the projects.

A magnitude 9 earthquake on Dec. 26 with its epicentre near Sumatra sent walls of water smashing into Aceh and North Sumatra provinces, leaving more than 160,000 are dead or missing.

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