Kemen PUPR Allocates Rp4.8 Billion Budget For Slum Prone Village Arrangement In Mataram

Socialization of preparation of structuring activities of 16 slum-prone villages in Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara Province. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Government of Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara Province, immediately implemented the arrangement of 16 slum-prone villages through the Kota Tanpa Kumuh (KotaKu) program with a budget allocation of Rp4.8 billion from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing.

Assistant Of City Safeguard Of KotaKu Mataram Coordinator Team Rizal Nopiandi in Mataram, Tuesday, said the management of the slum-prone village is scheduled to start on April 15, 2021.

"Unlike other programs, the structuring activities of 16 slum-prone villages this time using a labor-intensive system by empowering local residents affected by COVID-19," he said reported by Antara, Tuesday, April 13.

One village, he said, can absorb up to 50 workers from nearby residents and is targeted to work for 60 days.

Therefore, 70 percent of the allocation of slum arrangements to pay workers' salaries, the remaining 30 percent to buy tools and support needs in other fields.

According to him, as many as 16 villages that are considered prone to slums that will be intervened include Monjok Village, East Pagutan, West Pangesangan, East Pagesangan, Pagutan, West Pagutan, North Ampenan and Pule Reef.

Dozens of villages will be organized using a budget of Rp4.8 billion or each village gets Rp300 million sourced from the Ministry of PUPR.

"With a budget of Rp300 million per village, we will intervene in the maintenance of public facilities that have been built. For example, environmental roads, channel maintenance and drainage," he said.

Rizal said that the purpose of implementing urban planning activities with the labor-intensive system of Kotaku Program, among others, is to provide cash assistance in the form of labor wages to people affected by COVID-19 who are experiencing job layoffs and communities that have decreased or lost income.

"In addition, as an effort to restore the economy of the community to accelerate the recovery of social and economic conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in urban areas," he said.

Another goal, added Rizal, is to assist the government in national economic recovery efforts and increase the purchasing power of people affected by COVID-19 and and maintain and maintain infrastructure assets through maintenance and repair built by KotaKu program as well as other community-based infrastructure programs (IBM) through community self-management (BKM).