Prabowo Asked For A Joint Venture To Build Giant Sea Wall, Pramono Will Budget IDR 5 Trillion/Year

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung admitted that he would budget IDR 5 trillion per year from the DKI Jakarta Regional Budget to build a sea wall giant.

This was in response to President Prabowo Subianto's statement asking Jakarta to participate in financing the giant sea embankment project.

"The current Jakarta APBD is IDR 91 trillion. Hopefully next year it can be above IDR 100 trillion. If that can be done, then we have to spend a minimum of approximately IDR 5 trillion every year for Giant Sea Wall," said Pramono at the Jakarta Future Festival at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Central Jakarta, Sunday, June 15.

Pramono projects that the DKI Provincial Government will seek funding to finance the construction of giant sea wall from various ways. Now, the DKI Provincial Government has been assigned by Prabowo to build 19 kilometers of embankments in the project.

In addition to regional income sourced from taxes and levies, Pramono admitted that he would build a waste power plant (PLTSa) and its profits were used for funding giant sea wall.

"We will work hard to realize what is the assignment of the President. I am sure that internal City Hall will be able to fulfill that," explained Pramono.

"Where did the funds come from? Some of the garbage, some of the conventional ones, taxes, and so on. We will prepare as well as possible and we are sure we can afford it," he added.

Previously, President Prabowo Subianto had searched for the presence of DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung at the closing of the 2025 ICI infrastructure conference. Prabowo asked the DKI Provincial Government to jointly jointly through the APBD in the construction of the Giant Sea Wall mega project.

Prabowo explained that the giant sea embankment project, which stretches for 500 kilometers on the north coast of Java, from Banten to Gresik, East Java, requires construction costs of 80 billion US dollars, including in Jakarta Bay specifically of 8 billion US dollars to 10 billion US dollars.

"Especially for Jakarta Bay, it is possible that 8 (billion) to 10 billion dollars (US), if 8 to 10 billion dollars, I think we can afford it. Is there a DKI Governor here? No? Not present? Wow. Try investigating why not attend," said President Prabowo jokingly, in his remarks when closing the 2025 International Conference on Infrastructure (ICI) at JCC Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, June 12.