Ambyar, The Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Rail Project Is Called The Tadpole Project

Roy Suryo. (Photo: IST)

JAKARTA - Social media activist Roy Suryo highlighted the budget swelling for the Jakarta - Bandung high-speed rail project. The former Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) in the SBY era said that the budget swelling had reached Rp. 30 trillion, as he observed through the news.

Roy, familiarly called Roy Suryo, said that the project was a fake train project which was abbreviated as 'Tadpole.' Why is it called a lie? Because according to Roy, it did not meet the target, the project was promised to be completed in 2020.

"Again the tadpole project (fake fast train) throws a tantrum, the target schedule for completion (the 2020 promise) is a lie," Roy told VOI, Thursday, September 2.

Roy Suryo assessed that the project actually added to the problem. In addition to sucking the budget, it also triggers flooding.

"Now it's a lie, he said he didn't use the state budget (this actually sucked up tens of trillions) even though Indonesia's portion was only small. Not to mention making floods etc. Ambyar," said Roy Suryo.

Previously, it was reported that the project cost reached US$ 6.07 billion or around Rp 85 trillion. Then, in the middle of the road, there is a possibility that the costs will increase after a review from a consultant by PT the Indonesia-China Fast Train Consortium (KCIC) as the owner of the project.

Indications of the rising project costs were known in September 2020, at that time the project development was experiencing delays and also obstacles to land acquisition. Therefore, the government asked KCIC to conduct a review.