Authority Forms Mining Supervision Task Force At IKN Nusantara

The IKN Nusantara area in Sepaku, North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan. (ANTARA-Bayu Pratama S)

The Capital Archipelago Authority (OIKN) formed a task force (task force) to break the chain of mining activities in the Nusantara City area, Indonesia's new capital city in East Kalimantan Province (Kaltim).

"We are a task force that is committed to breaking the chain of mining activities," said Deputy for Environment and Natural Resources OIKN Myrna Asnawati Safitri in Penajam, East Kalimantan, Friday, December 29.

The central government, he continued, will not issue new permits and extend or increase mining permit status permits in the capital area of Indonesia's new country.

Based on the spatial policy of the Nusantara City development plan, OIKN made a policy for moratoriums for the issuance of mining permits in the capital city area of Indonesia's future country.

Illegal mining (has a valid permit) which is still active, he stressed, is closely monitored and ensured that the company must be able to carry out its responsibilities after carrying out mining activities.

OIKN strengthens the organizational structure and the main task force, because in the Nusantara City area there are still mining activities and the task force continues to collect data.

"We are working groups and will add personnel, as well as prepare a task force work plan," he said.

The task force formed by the OIKN is to make efforts to prevent and control mining activities that do not have permits or those that have permits.

The task force consists of elements of OIKN, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Polda Kaltim, Kodam VI/Mulawarman, the High Prosecutor's Office of East Kalimantan, and agencies related to the Provincial Government of East Kalimantan.

Mining activities are not in line with the concept of building the capital city of Indonesia's new country, he explained, who is trying to build a forest city in the Nusantara City area.

"Currently, around 3,000 hectares are recorded in the development area of Indonesia's future state capital in the Kutai Kartanegara Regency where mining activities are indicated without a permit, and there are 77 mining business permits (IUP) completed and 61 IUPs are still active in the Nusantara City area," said Myrna Asnawati Safitri.