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View all search resultsGovernment to take over land not utilized after two years
The right to almost half of 55.9 million hectares of certified land were in the hands of just 60 families, creating injustice which led to structural poverty, Nusron said.
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Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Nusron Wahid (second left) walks along a bamboo bridge on Jan. 24 while inspecting the 30-kilometer sea fence in Kohod village, Tangerang regency, Banten. (Antara/Putra M. Akbar)
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he government will take over certified land that is still not being utilized for any economic or development activities two years after being certified, Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister/National Land Agency (BPN) head Nusron Wahid said on Sunday.
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“For plots of land that have been mapped and certified, and there are no economic or development activities for two years after being certified, the government will issue a warning letter,” Nusron said in Jakarta on Sunday, as quoted by cnnindonesia.com.
He said that the warning process would be done in stages before the plots of land could be categorized as abandoned.
The process starts with an initial announcement, then the first warning letter, followed by the second and third warning letters. After that, if there is still no progress 587 days following the first letter, the land will be declared subject to land reform.
Land reform is a government policy to distribute land back to the people, especially those who lack land.
“The first step is the BPN will send a letter and [the landowner] is given three months’ opportunity. If there are no activities, we will send the first warning letter. If there is still no explanation, we will send the second warning letter,” Nusron said.
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