West Manggarai publishes quake-damage list, allows public challenges
West Manggarai’s government has published by-name data on households whose homes were damaged in the recent NTT earthquake and opened a three-day window for residents to challenge the list, according to an official circular and local media.
By Mukmin John
Editor: Mursyid Sonsang
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West Manggarai — — The West Manggarai regency administration has formally published verified data on homes damaged in the recent NTT earthquake and opened a short window for residents to contest the list, according to an official notice and supporting statements from local authorities.
The information is carried on the regency’s official information portal under the tag for Manggarai Barat earthquake victim data and is dated 10 September 2026, with a byline crediting Ferdi of IKP Kominfo Mabar. A parallel report from public broadcaster RRI confirms that the publication is based on a Bupati circular and that the data are organised by name and by address for households whose homes were damaged.
Official publication and challenge period
According to RRI, the publication is anchored in a Bupati Manggarai Barat circular letter numbered BPBD.360/675/IX/2026 on the “Publication of Verification and Validation Results for Houses Affected by the Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake in Manggarai Barat.” The circular instructs that the list of households with damaged homes be made accessible to the public for review.
The same report states that residents are explicitly invited to submit objections if they believe the published data do not reflect the real condition of their homes. The challenge period is set at three days, running from 10 September 2026 at 08:00 WITA until 12 September 2026 at 23:59 WITA, with submissions to be made via the regency’s disaster portal at poskobencana.manggaraibarat.go.id.
Local officials quoted by RRI describe the publication as part of a public test of the verification process, allowing affected households and local governments to flag inaccuracies before assistance decisions are finalised.
Scope of the data
The Info Mabar archive groups the notice under “data nama korban gempa Manggarai Barat,” indicating that it concerns named households impacted by the earthquake rather than aggregate statistics. RRI’s coverage clarifies that the data list names and addresses of residents whose houses were damaged by the magnitude 7.7 quake centred in Mbay, and that these records arise from verification and validation conducted by the regency government.
While the circular and the online publication make the data available to the public, they do not state in the reports accessed how many households appear on the list. The focus in both the government release and media coverage is on confirming that the list exists, that it is based on field verification, and that residents have a defined mechanism and timeframe to challenge it.
Channels and responsibilities
RRI reports that the Bupati’s circular calls on sub-district and village or kelurahan administrations to actively facilitate objections and complaints from residents who have limited access to communication and information. This indicates that local government offices are expected to assist residents in submitting challenges during the three-day window.
The media report also notes that residents seeking to review the circular and the detailed list of names and damage classifications can do so via the link specified in the circular and through the online disaster portal. Info Mabar’s role, as reflected in the archive, is to host official releases and notices from the West Manggarai administration, including this publication.
Earthquake context
The verification and public challenge process in West Manggarai forms part of a wider response to the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Nusa Tenggara Timur in mid-August 2026, affecting seven districts including Manggarai Barat. National disaster agency BNPB data compiled by Indonesian outlets show that the quake caused extensive damage and casualties across the region, prompting emergency and recovery operations focused on housing and displaced residents.
As recovery moves from emergency response to reconstruction, the publication of by name, by address damage data and the invitation for residents to contest inaccuracies are presented by local authorities as steps toward ensuring that assistance is targeted to verified households whose homes were damaged in the disaster.
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