Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government has allotted funding of Rp18.42 trillion for the cash labor-intensive program in 2021, according to Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Minister Basuki Hadimuljono.
"We have allocated some Rp12 to Rp13 trillion for the cash labor-intensive program for last year. This year, we can raise it to Rp18.42 trillion," Hadimuljono noted during a webinar here on Monday.
The increased budget allocation for the 2021 labor-intensive program is focused on offering more jobs, he remarked.
The largest chunk, with budget totaling Rp9.59 trillion, will be assigned for water resource works. Some Rp2.25 trillion of the funding will be disbursed for the Acceleration Program for Irrigation Water Use Improvement (P3TGAI) at 10 thousand locations and Rp70 billion for the development of Artificial Aquifer of Rain Water Deposit (ABSAH) at 41 locations.
Other projects are groundwater and raw water maintenance at 2,124 locations, with an assignment of Rp356 billion; while Rp2.95 trillion has been earmarked for irrigation development at 818 locations; and Rp811 billion assigned for river and coastal maintenance at 751 locations.
Budget allocation for the labor-intensive program in housing works had reached Rp3.36 trillion, while Rp3.01 trillion was set aside for road and bridge construction work, and Rp2.46 trillion for the self-help housing program.
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