The Ministry Of Public Works Gets A Loan Of IDR 1.58 Trillion From The World Bank, What For?

Deputy Minister of Public Works Diana Kusumastuti. (Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works (PU) is pursuing the target of fulfilling access to clean water and piped water to reach 100 percent by 2030. To realize this, his party encourages cooperation with various parties, including by opening loan withdrawal (loan) options from the World Bank. World Bank).

Deputy Minister of Public Works Diana Kusumastuti said that her party had received a loan from the World Bank worth 100 million US dollars or around Rp. 1.58 trillion (exchange rate of Rp. 125,800). This fund is to build pipelines to homes throughout Indonesia.

Diana explained that the construction of the water piping connection aims to flow water from the Water Processing Installation (IPA) to households. Thus, it is hoped that the community will no longer need to suck up groundwater.

"The total loan from the World Bank is 100 million US dollars. Its utilization is according to the reacity criteria delivered from the regions. So the implementation is from 2018 to 2024," Diana said on the Closing Loan National Urban Water Supply Project (NUWSP) agenda at the Ministry of Public Works Auditorium, Jakarta, Tuesday, November 19.

Diana added that the loans obtained from the World Bank must at least reach several KPIs. By the end of 2024, the KPI has been successfully carried out by the Ministry of Public Works since 2018.

The targeted KPI includes access to drinking water properly through the piping network of 8.4 million people, the number of women getting drinking water is feasible through 4.2 million people, BUMD which has increased performance by 41 BUMD.

In addition, the number of new house connections was installed at 1.6 million, the number of low-income people's home connections (MBR) was 336,944, local governments increased the financial assistance of BUMD Air Drinking as many as 59 locations, BUMD Air Drinking actively in the training program as many as 247 BUMDs.

"The world bank provides loans, but there are targets that must be achieved. There are 17 KPIs that must be achieved. If nothing is achieved, the World Bank in its mission reminds us that all 17 KPIs must be achieved," he said.

He said the government targets to achieve 100 percent access to safe drinking water by 2030. However, to achieve this target there are still five strategic issues such as service coverage, raw water availability, technical operations, stakeholder coordination and funding.

"Our challenge is that the need for water continues to increase, because the population is also increasing. This means that the need for drinking water is increasing," he said.