Visit to Aceh tsunami cemetery

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Commemoration Summit in Aceh from October 8-10, 2024, will include a visit to a mass cemetery of the 2004 Aceh earthquake and tsunami victims.

This information was conveyed by chief of the Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBA), Teuku Nara Setia, during an online broadcast on the kick-off of the 2024 Aceh DRR Summit, which was followed online from here on Tuesday.

Setia informed that thousands of participants, including from Aceh, disaster-resilience delegations from 38 Indonesian provinces, as well as foreign delegates from Australia and Indo-Pacific countries, will take part in the grave visit.

The main purpose of the visit, he said, will be to remember and pray for the around 47 thousand victims of the 2004 Aceh tsunami.

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