Minister Dody: The Ministry Of Public Works's Task Is To Stabilize Food Self-Sufficiency

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works (PU) Dody Hanggodo revealed that his ministry has the main task and function of strengthening food self-sufficiency and continuing infrastructure development in order to realize the Astacita of the Prabowo-Gibran Government.

"The vision of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto 'Together with Indonesia Forward Towards Golden Indonesia 2045' will be realized through 8 Astacita Missions, of which two missions are the main tasks and functions of the Ministry of Public Works, namely strengthening food self-sufficiency and continuing infrastructure development," said Dody as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, December 3.

In addition, he also conveyed that all PU Ministry personnel jointly support infrastructure development for the people.

"The commemoration of the 2024 Public Works Service Day is very special because this year we have a new President and Vice President, namely Mr. Prabowo Subianto and Mr. Gibran Rakabuming Raka. On October 21, 2024, I received the mandate as Minister of Public Works. Therefore, on this good occasion, I ask for the support of all Public Works personnel to jointly build infrastructure for the people," he said.

Over the past 10 years, massive infrastructure development has been carried out to support increased national competitiveness.

In the water resource sector, the construction of 61 dam units with progress has now been completed 53 dams, irrigation networks covering an area of 1.24 million ha, flood control, and coastal safety along 2,041 km.

Then, the community development sector is the construction of 2,432 km toll roads, 5,999 km of new national roads, 125,900 m long span bridges, and 27,670 m flyovers/underpass.

The work creation sector is the construction of a drinking water supply system (SPAM) of 36,380 liters/second, sanitation and waste handling for 13.7 million families, and handling a residential area of 94,320 hectares.

"With cohesiveness and teamwork, we have succeeded in overcoming various obstacles in completing our tasks and continuing to serve the community with the infrastructure we build and maintain," said Dody.