Water scarcity: A resident draws water from a small hole in a dry river bed in Cipamingkis, Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday
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President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo pledged on Saturday to complete the Raknamo reservoir project in Kupang regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), in three years, instead of the previously planned five.
The speeding-up of the project is part of the government's efforts to help the country's drought-prone regions improve their agriculture sector and avoid a food crisis.
Your comments:
Good, something positive at last and also a much needed and long overdue project.
Let us all fervently pray, however, that just for once, total and absolute honesty may prevail and that every penny allocated for construction goes into the project itself, for the full benefit of the nation and of the people, and not into the pockets of some corrupt, money-grubbing thief of an official!
I can't say, though, that I fervently hold out much hope for this. But let's all keep our eyes open for both budget and project overruns and hold all officials fully accountable for both.
May Ling
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