Central Sulawesi Provincial Government Immediately Issues Regulations For IKN Supporting Food Areas

The team from the Central Government and the Provincial Government of Central Sulawesi reviewed the location of the land for the construction of the IKN Nusantara food buffer zone, located in Talaga Village, Donggala Regency. (ANTARA/HO-Dok M Rida Saleh)

PALU - The Central Sulawesi Provincial Government will soon issue a regulation regarding the food area supporting the National Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago, which will then be followed up by the central government in developing the food area.

"The team from the central government has reviewed the food area supporting IKN Nusantara located in Talaga Village, Donggala Regency. In the review it was agreed that it was necessary to determine the location of the food area covering an area of 850 hectares," said Expert Expert for Central Sulawesi Governor M Ridha Saleh quoted by Antara, Wednesday, March 2.

Ridha Saleh said that the team from the Central Government assessed that the location of the IKN Nusantara food buffer zone in Donggala Regency needed to be determined through a governor's decision.

"So there needs to be a Central Sulawesi Governor's Decree regarding the determination of the location for the construction and development of the IKN buffer food area, which is located in Donggala," he said.

He said that if the location of the 850-hectare food area had been determined in the governor's decision, the team would immediately follow up.

"The results of the land survey and discussion with the Central Sulawesi Provincial Government will be reported to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, then the minister will hold a coordination meeting to finalize and concretize everything," said Ridha.

The food area in Donggala as a buffer for the food needs of IKN Nusantara in East Kalimantan, will be supported by facilities including water and several infrastructures such as roads and bridges.

Then, said Ridha Saleh, to facilitate the distribution of agricultural products in the area, the Central Government and the Provincial Government of Central Sulawesi will build a logistics distribution port in Talaga Village.

According to him, the development and development of the food area in Donggala is one of the breakthroughs made by the Governor of Central Sulawesi Rusdy Mastura.

"The governor had previously met with the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs to discuss the food area supporting IKN Nusantara, and now the governor has conveyed to the coordinating minister that the Central Sulawesi Provincial Government is ready to provide land in Donggala Regency," he said.

"So the review carried out is a follow-up to the meeting of the two figures," said Ridha Saleh.