The Ministry Of PUPR Allocates IDR 2 Trillion For Street And Bridge PKT This Year

PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Directorate General (Ditjen) of Highways of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has allocated a budget for the Cash Labor Intensive Program (PKT) of IDR 2 trillion in 2024.

The budget is used for routine maintenance work on roads and bridges as well as contractual (non-routine) activities spread over 1,487 locations.

As recorded in the E-Monitoring system of the Ministry of PUPR as of June 20, 2024, PKT's physical work on roads and bridges has realized 40.48 percent with an absorption of 51,964 workers or the equivalent of 1,823,063 Work People's Day (HOK).

The PKT achievement includes routine road maintenance work, such as cleaning of road medians and painting markings with a physical progress of 39.39 percent.

This activity has exceeded the absorption of 32,068 workers from the target of 24,730 people.

Furthermore, routine maintenance of road conditions with physical progress reached 39.17 percent and absorbed 3,521 workers. PKT work is also routinely distributed through bridge maintenance work, such as painting the bridge frame.

The physical work of PKT on bridge maintenance has been realized by 32.86 percent and absorbs 11,071 workers from the target of 8,790 people or greater than the target.

Then, there is a road supporting/holding job that has physically reached 43.60 percent and absorbs 1,765 workers.

In addition to routine work, PKT for roads and bridges in 2024 is also distributed through contractual work 328 packages of handling work on road and bridge construction and preservation in 337 locations.

Currently, the construction progress has reached 44.94 percent with an absorption of 3,539 workers or the equivalent of 84,583 HOK.

PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said the PKT program of the Ministry of PUPR was carried out through infrastructure development involving the community/local residents as development actors, especially small-scale infrastructure or simple jobs that did not require technology.

"The development of labor-intensive infrastructure aims to create jobs and increase people's purchasing power. PKT also aims to distribute funds to villages/employees," said Basuki.