Nusantara City facilities for civil apparatuses to be ready in 2024

Samarinda, The Gulf Observer: The supporting facilities of Nusantara City, such as school, hospitals, and markets, will be ready before the arrivals of first batch of state civil apparatuses in 2024, Secretary of Nusantara City Authority Ahmad Jaka Santos Adiwijaya informed.

“To fulfill basic needs, such as markets, schools, and hospitals, it all has been planned from the beginning, and of course will be ready as state civil apparatus move in in 2024,” he informed, as quoted from a release received in Samarinda on Sunday.

The government is currently preparing a mechanism for moving the state civil apparatuses to Nusantara City, with the first batch happening in 2024, he noted.

On the first phase, the total number of state civil apparatuses as well as national defense force and police personnel transferred to the city is recorded at 16,990 people.

As part of the preparation, the government is pursuing the development of several facilities for the civil servants’ convenience, such as sports center, greenery, apartments, and lakes, he detailed.

Adiwijaya disclosed that the facilities have been planned since a long time ago, and are ready to get developed. Among them are an international class hospital that will be established in the government area central core, and educational facilities by collaborating with educational institutions.

Communication and Informatics Ministry officer Farida Dewi Maharani stated that moving to Nusantara City can become a solution to reduce traffic jam in Jakarta, population density, as well as a way to reach fair economic distribution.

She cited 2022-2022 data from Statistics Indonesia revealing that there were10 million people living in Jakarta. Moreover, West Java had 48 million people, East Java had 40 million people, Central Java had 36 million, and 11 million people lived in Banten. Yet every day, many people originally coming from those regions go to Jakarta, she pointed out.

Maharani said that after the new capital city is established, some 970 thousand state civil apparatuses of central government, as shown by the National Civil Service Agency data per June 2022, will be sent there. This move will reduce Jakarta’s density. This figure, however, does not include the number of family members joining the civil servants.

This can mean a time to improve city planning, which includes more greenery, tech integration with all facilities, better public transport system, and a more humane public services, she remarked.

“I am ready to move to Nusantara City for better things, living in a much more proper environment, or at least no traffic jam; modern and comfortable residence, as well as fresher air. Moreover, state civil apparatuses are prioritized for the move. This is a sense of priority,” she added.