Projects have been enforced by the Government and non-government organizations to allow urban resettlement sites for the slum dwellers.

According to unconfirmed field reports the flood killed two people and displaced 6,755, of whom 965 were from resettlement sites.

The resettlement site was eventually converted into regular barangay known as Marcos Village.

In November of that year, a wild fire near the resettlement sites in Kafta Humera destroyed approximately 10 hectares of forest.

In the new resettlement sites, hawkers bazaar and shopping canters have also been set up to provide employment opportunities to local population and economic activities are fast growing there.

In the new resettlement sites, supply of electricity has also been ensured.

Officials claim embankments being built along both the banks will protect the entire reclaimed area, including resettlement sites, from floods, a statement that has been criticised as unsubstantiated.

"There are differences between the Javanese and us," said Yahya, 63, the leader of a small Sumatra village outside one of the resettlement sites.

At the resettlement sites, the farmers received plots of land relative in size to their former possessions, in addition to financial compensation for lost assets-houses and date palms.

It was declared as resettlement site under Proclamation No. 376.