Three years after the tsunami, people still live in temporary housing

Описание: (26 Dec 2007)
1. Wide shot of Baiturrahman Mosque in Banda Aceh
2. Street scene of Banda Aceh
3. Wide pan of Ulee Lhue, an area badly hit by tsunami
4. Long shot of destroyed house
5. Various of Nuraida, 30 years-old, washing clothes
6. Girl watching from doorway
7. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Nuraida, House wife:
"BRR (Aceh rehabilitation and reconstruction agency) have said that they'll build houses for us in the area of Lambaro. But at the end, they told me that the area is not suitable."
8. Wide shot of temporary housing in Ulee Lhue
9. Children with her mother on verandah of temporary house
10. Ardiansyah, 34, chatting with neighbour
11. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Ardiansyah, Fisherman:
"There's nothing we can do but stay here. They gave us a house but its located at the hill. Its difficult for us to work. As fisherman, I hope the government can consider to build a house near the beach."
12. Various shot of new empty houses
13. Tilt down of tsunami commemoration monument
14. Close-up of plaque reading (Indonesian): "Monument No. 39. Tsunami 26 Dec 2007. Water level high 4.80 metres. Distance from the beach 2.50 kilometres. First wave arrives 8.30 a.m. (30 minutes after earthquake 8,9SR)"
15. Wide shot of Lambaro mass grave
16. Various of people praying at Lambaro mass grave
STORYLINE:
Three years after the Indian Ocean tsunami caused massive damage in 12 countries, the impact of the reconstruction work is visible along the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, the region hit hardest by the December 26 disaster.
The head of the government reconstruction agency said the work was around "80 percent complete."
Some fear a hard landing when major reconstruction work comes to an end around mid-2008.
The aid that has built roads, schools and more than 100,000 homes has also powered local economies.
Aid agencies hired thousands of construction workers, rented homes and offices, employed drivers and translators and patronised restaurants and hotels.
The massive injection of money boosted the largely agriculture-based economy in Aceh, home to 4.2 (m) million people.
By April 2009, when the reconstruction agency's mandate officially ends, Indonesia expects to have spent 8 (b) billion US dollars in Aceh, 1.9 (b) billion US dollars more than the estimated cost of repairs.
The extra funds will enable the province to "build back better," according to the reconstruction agency.
For example, the four-lane highway, funded mainly by the US government, is replacing a two-lane coastal road that in some places was completely washed away.
AP Television interviewed residents on Tuesday living in temporary housing in Ulee Lhue, a coastal area near the provincial capital, Banda Aceh.
Some of the residents expressed dissatisfaction with their housing.
"BRR (Aceh rehabilitation and reconstruction agency) have said that they'll build houses for us in the area of Lambaro. But at the end, they told me that the area is not suitable," said Nuraida, a 30-year-old housewife.
Ardiansyah, a fisherman, said: "There's nothing we can do but stay here. They gave us a house but its located at the hill. Its difficult for us to work. As fisherman, I hope the government can consider to build a house near the beach."
Aid agencies and the government acknowledge the problems, saying that with hundreds of thousands left homeless after the tsunami, they were under intense pressure to build as many homes as they could, and do so quickly.
Aceh, on Sumatra island's west coast, was near the epicentre of the powerful undersea earthquake that caused the tsunami.

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