Minister Basuki Ensures 14 Towers Of ASN IKN Flats Are Completed And Full Furnished

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JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono said, as many as 14 ASN residential flats (Rusun) in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan, had been completed and full furnished.

"There are 14 ASN flat towers that have been completed and fully furnished," said Basuki, quoted on Thursday, September 12.

Basuki said, as many as 14 flat towers could already be utilized by ASN.

"I think if the infrastructure is ready," he said.

The PUPR Ministry targets that the construction of 47 flat towers for ASN-Hankam will be completed in December 2024.

However, in addition to completing the project, the Ministry of PUPR also encourages various social facilities to be presented so that the state servants can live comfortably.

The Director General of Housing at the Ministry of PUPR, Iwan Suprijanto, said that initially the ASN-Hankam Flat was targeted for a complete functional this year.

But, he said, his party was not only tasked with completing the infrastructure, but also designing that there would be various places of social facilities that could support the lives of ASN-Hankam.

"We at the Housing Directorate General do not have a story, it only builds physical. You can see that it is also complete with furniture, including we build an ecosystem below it. There is a crowd (population) that the President (Jokowi) hopes for, such as Indomaret, Paud and all kinds of things," said Iwan when met after the Merdeka Festival at the PUPR Ministry Park, Jakarta, Tuesday, August 20.

Although the authority to ensure the presence of various social facilities is OIKN's responsibility, Iwan said that his party had designed the concept of social facilities in the ASN-Hankam Flats. According to him, there will be five to eight towers which will later be arranged to have Indomaret and other retail stores.

In addition, the Ministry of PUPR has also designed places for various other facilities, such as residents' halls, coffeeshops, barbershops to burial places.

Later, said Iwan, his party will also arrange for retail stores in the ASN-Hankam Flats to not accumulate.

"We also have detailed procedures not to pile up. In one area, we apologize, right, maybe just one or two (retail shops). Then, there is a barbershop there, a restaurant for a place to eat, we distribute it. So, the area is really compact," said Iwan.