Geber Kucurkan Pembangunan Infrastruktur, Ganjar Putusatan Desa Di Jateng Semakin Maju

Ganjar Pranowo (Photo via Central Java Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - At the beginning of his leadership, Ganjar Pranowo was considered governor who understood the problems of villages in Central Java. Thanks to egalitarian communication, Ganjar was able to raise villages in Central Java to become more innovative, prosperous, advanced and independent.

Ganjar's commitment to the welfare of the village community is evidenced by disbursing Village Financial Assistance (Bankeudes) for infrastructure and empowerment development. Since 2013-2022, the Bankeudes disbursed has reached Rp7.786 trillion. Its use is allocated for road repairs, drainage, bridges, reservoirs, and RTLH rehabilitation.

The road has reached 10,900 km. Covering village roads, paving, makadams, asphalt and also concrete roads. Drainage that has been built is 1,667 km long. Then the talud is 2,620 km long.

The impact of the development is now enjoyed by the community. The village road, which was originally damaged and has holes, has now been paved and concreted. The availability of smooth paved roads also helps access to tourist village destinations.

The head of Muncar Village, Susukan District, Semarang Regency, Khoirudin Bagas, expressed his appreciation and gratitude for the concern of the governor of Central Java through provincial assistance to make his village face more exotic. Access to connecting roads between villages is easy, especially to the Ngidam Tourism Village, which is a leading destination for this 2,750-live area.

The provincial assistance received by the village in the last three years (2020, 2021. 2022), has really transformed Muncar Village into a moncer as a developed and prosperous village.

Dijelaskan Udin-sepalaman akrab Khoirudin, pihaknya memanfaatkan bantuan sarpras pemprov tahun 2020, 2021, 2022 sebesar Rp100 juta, Rp200 juta dan Rp150 juta untuk pembangunan talud, penyepalan dan concreteisasi.

"The results of our physical development, Alhamdulillah, the community can now enjoy it. Assistance for our village is a blessing for the people's economy to rise after being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic," he said, Friday, January 27.

Meanwhile, the Head of Lerep Village, West Ungaran District, Semarang Regency, Sumaryadi, explained that his party was grateful that Lerep kept the topography of the highlands with a charming view of nature. Lerep grew even more after Governor Ganjar Pranowo paid attention to the progress of this village.

He was greatly helped when the Central Java Provincial Government had helped pave the RW Dusun Indrokilo road for 500 m, Jalan Utama Dusun Lerep to Dusun Indrokilo, and Jalan RW 2 Dusun Lerep. Not only roads, the main road of Jalan Sijemblong, Lerep Village, was also built.

In 2021, Lerep Village will also be used for asphalting on Jalan Ngasem Tegalrejo, Jalan Dusun Kretek, and the construction of a new road to the Sepligo reservoir. In 2022, get a disbursement of Rp200 million to concrete the hamlet connecting Soka Hamlet to Jambeyan Village.

Ganjar emphasized that through the help of the province, his party encouraged the community to further innovate and be creative through tourism and culture. Cultural development can also encourage economic improvement.

"My hope is that a developed village will emerge. This is good for the village economy. As Bung Karno said, we must be economically independent and have a socio-cultural personality," said Ganjar.

Especially in 2022, the Central Java Provincial Government will provide financial assistance to the village government in the field of Sarpras Perdesahan in 2022 amounting to Rp1,662,977,500,000. The assistance is for the construction of sarpras at 12,425 points.

There are three OPDs that handle bankeudes, namely the Permadasdukcapil Service which handles the provision of village government banks for infrastructure. Two other OPDs are Disperakim in handling RTLH assistance, and the Youth, Sports and Tourism Office which handles the development of tourist villages.

Acting Head of the Central Java Permadukcapil Service Didi Haryadi explained that his party handles sarpras banks such as construction or provision of drainage infrastructure, asphalting, concreteization, repair of village offices, talud, reservoirs, renewable energy. In addition, BUMDes offices, Village Market Kiosks, clean water supply, arts procurement, village libraries, village reading parks, and so on.

"In 2022 (Bankeu sarpras) will be 12,425 points or a total of Rp1.6 trillion. Concern and concern for the development of rural infrastructure, village economic recovery, handling poverty in villages, is extraordinary in Central Java," said Didi.

He added that the assistance provided had increased every year. Didi gave an example, in 2020 the provincial government will provide village infrastructure assistance at 5,326 development targets, with a total budget of Rp933 billion. In 2021, sarpras financial assistance will increase significantly, namely 6,953 location points with a budget of Rp1,069 trillion.

"This is the concern and presence of the Central Java Provincial Government in participating in the role of building villages in Central Java," concluded Didi.