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Regulations 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Budget cuts affect dams, irrigation; may derail food self sufficiency
Budget cuts led to a reduction in new irrigation networks planned to be built this year, from 10,000 hectares to 450 ha, as well as cuts in irrigation network rehabilitation from 45,000 ha to 16,000 ha and dam constructions from 16 new dams to only one dam this year.
Regulations 1 year ago
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No halt to ongoing toll road projects, Public Works Ministry vows
Regardless of the President's instruction to temporary halt major infrastructure projects, the Public Works Ministry has vowed to continue ongoing toll road projects, arguing that roads were necessary to pave the way for Prabowo's three-pronged goal of food, energy and water security.
Politics 1 year ago
Public works ministry wants Rp 14 trillion budget for new capital
Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo said at a hearing with House of Representatives Commission V overseeing infrastructure and transportation that the proposed amount would be part of the Rp 60.6 trillion budget the ministry hoped to secure for next year.
Regulations 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Govt halts big infrastructure in trade-off for food security: Minister
Funding for new infrastructure is currently frozen at the directive of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, pending coordination among ministries under the leadership of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas).
Regulations 1 year ago
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Public works minister ready to provide employees to IKN Authority
The public works minister met on Tuesday with his predecessor, now the incumbent head of the IKN Authority, to discuss a variety of related matters, including the possibility of relocating the ministry's employees to the new capital being developed in East Kalimantan.
National 5 years ago
Jokowi's capital relocation dream faces COVID-19 hurdle
It is looking more and more likely the COVID-19 outbreak will derail President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s ambitions to move the capital from densely-populated Jakarta, with most of the preparatory work delayed as the government’s shifts its focus to tackling the pandemic.
