Entering Emergency Conditions, The Ministry Of Public Works Will Rebuild Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School In Sidoarjo

PU Minister Dody Hanggodo (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works (PU) will rebuild the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes) building in Sidoarjo, East Java, which collapsed on Monday, September 29.

PU Minister Dody Hanggodo said that actually the budget for the construction of Islamic boarding schools, which are religious institutions, is in the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag). However, considering that the Ponpes incident was a national emergency, the Ministry of Public Works took part.

"It's just that, right, this is an emergency in Sidoarjo, we will definitely enter," said Dody after a meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar at the PU Ministry office, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 7.

Even so, said Dody, the government is open to the private sector if it wants to provide assistance in repairing other Islamic boarding schools throughout Indonesia with old buildings and prone to collapse.

"God willing, it will only be from the state budget, yes, but it is possible later if there is assistance from the private sector," he said.

On the same occasion, Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin admitted that he received directions from President Prabowo Subianto to check all Islamic boarding schools in the country. Cak Imin said the government would form a Task Force (Satgas) for the Arrangement of Islamic Boarding School Development.

"Please convey it to the public, Islamic boarding schools that feel vulnerable, just consult with the hotline. First, of course, the hotline will allow us to check, overcome, overcome," he said.

In addition, Cak Imin asked tens of thousands of Islamic boarding schools that do not yet have a building permit (IMB) or what is currently called Building Licensing (PBG) to immediately take care of it.

He also asked pesantren that do not yet have PBG and are still in the construction stage to temporarily stop its construction until it has a PBG permit.

"While fixing it, the Minister of Public Works guarantees all types of free licensing," he said.