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Govt wants Nusantara ministry construction finished this month
Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority head Basuki Hadimuljono said the target was for work on ministerial infrastructure to wrap up by the end of October. Meanwhile, trials will be launched for the use of larger aircraft at Nusantara’s airport, according to the Transportation Ministry.
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Work continues on Indonesia’s new Presidential Palace in the future capital city of Nusantara, in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, on July 11, 2024.
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he Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority has set a tight deadline for completing the construction of government ministry buildings in the planned future capital city and has announced trials for larger aircraft at Nusantara airport.
IKN Authority head Basuki Hadimuljono said the target was for the ministerial infrastructure to be up and running by the end of this month.
As of early October, work on ministerial offices in the partially constructed city in East Kalimantan had reached 95 percent completion.
“In the past, during the [COVID-19] pandemic, there was a policy to hold meetings in Bali, in [Yogyakarta]; meetings of the ministries were held here, such as the Home Ministry. So it is [now] encouraged [to hold such meetings in Nusantara],” Basuki told reporters, as quoted by Bisnis on Monday.
Basuki, who also serves as the public works and housing minister, said a major meeting was to be held at the new ministry offices in Nusantara on Thursday involving Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Hadi Tjahjanto.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, speaking at the Indonesian Military Fun Run 2024 event on Sunday, expressed his expectation that ministerial meetings would begin to be held at Nusantara this month, as reported by Bisnis.
Basuki noted that President Jokowi had called for intensified efforts to increase community activity in Nusantara and emphasized the importance of social ecosystems.
