Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono stated that South Korea government has agreed to collaborate with Indonesia to build four infrastructures to help develop the new capital (IKN) Nusantara.
"First, the South Korean Ministry of Environment, through a grand program, will help build a water purification installation with a capacity of 300 liters per second. We saw it yesterday at the Hwaseong Water Purification Plant," Hadimuljono, who accompanied President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on a working visit to South Korea, said, in a press statement on Thursday.
The Hwaseong Water Purification Plant is using the best technology for purifying tap water. "It is very reliable because the processing is carried out with the ozonation method," the minister informed.
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The second collaboration will involve the construction of a wastewater treatment plant at IKN Nusantara.
"For the third collaboration, we visited the Busan Eco Delta Smart City and Smart Village in 2019, when the groundbreaking was also attended by President Jokowi," the minister said.
The Indonesian government has seen the progress of the infrastructure after three years, he added.
"There is a smart village with 400 people living in 86 houses. The development is being monitored continuously through the implementation of 41 types of advanced technology in the smart village,” he explained.
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The government will build a similar smart village in IKN Nusantara consisting of 100 housing units as a pilot project, he informed. The construction of the smart village project is planned to begin in 2023 with South Korea’s assistance.
For the fourth project, South Korea will help Indonesia build an immerse tunnel connecting IKN Nusantara and Balikpapan, based on the IKN Nusantara's concept of a forest city.
"With that tunnel, we want to protect monkeys, other endemic fauna, and flora around Balikpapan Bay, just like in Geoje, Busan. We are currently working on a feasibility study that will be followed by the basic design. The construction will start in 2023," Hadimuljono said.
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