The House Of Representatives Approves PUPR Ministry's Budget Ceiling in 2023 IDR 125.2 Trillion

Commission V of the DPR RI approved the PUPR Ministry's budget ceiling in the 2023 RAPBN fiscal year (TA) of Rp125.2 trillion. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of PUPR)

JAKARTA - Commission V of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia approved the budget ceiling of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) in the draft state budget (RAPBN) for the fiscal year (TA) 2023 amounting to IDR 125.2 trillion.

The approval was determined in a Working Meeting between Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives with the Ministry of PUPR and partner ministries/agencies of Commission V of the House of Representatives (DPR) at the DPR Building, Thursday, September 8.

PUPR Minister, Basuki Hadimuljono, said in the implementation of the FY 2023 infrastructure spending program, the PUPR Ministry focused on completing construction works that are being built and optimizing infrastructure that has been built through the operation, maintenance, optimization, and rehabilitation (Opor) approach.

"According to President Joko Widodo's statement, infrastructure development activities in 2023 remain a top priority and are expected to be fully completed by 2024", Minister Basuki said in a written statement, Thursday.

The budget ceiling of the Ministry of PUPR for FY 2023 will be used for activities in the water resources sector of IDR 41.9 trillion, including continuing the completion of dam construction, of which 13 dams are targeted to be completed in 2023, such as Keureuto and Rukoh in Aceh, Lau Simeme in North Sumatra, Karian in Banten and Cipanas and Leuwikeris in West Java.

In addition, the PUPR Ministry also continues the construction of irrigation networks covering an area of ​​6,900 hectares such as the Lematang Irrigation Area (DI) in South Sumatra and DI Baliase in South Sulawesi, and other irrigation areas whose water is served by dams. In addition to development, rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation areas are also carried out

98,700 hectares of which are in DI Komering (South Sumatra), DI Rentang, DI Lakbok Selatan (West Java), DI Cihaur, DI Logung (Central Java), DI Mrican (East Java), DI Panut (South Kalimantan) and DI Saddang (South Sulawesi).

Meanwhile, priority activities in the field of roads and bridges amounted to IDR 49.3 trillion.

In 2023, it is targeted to build 489.1 km of national roads and the construction or duplication of bridges of 10.3 km, including the Geumpang–Pameue ​​(Aceh), Lahewa Afulu–Bts Nias (North Sumatra) sections, and Teluk Tapang – Bunga Tanjung (West Sumatra).

In the framework of OPOR, in the field of roads and bridges in 2023, routine preservation of 47,763 km of national roads, 510 km of national bridges, capacity building and preservation of road structure improvement of 3,340.3 km as well as preservation and replacement of 30.4 km of bridges will be carried out. increasing the accessibility of flyovers/underpasses/tunnels along 2.2 km including Sekip Ujung (South Sumatra), Gelumbang (South Sumatra), and Aloha (East Java) flyovers, revitalizing drainage and suspension bridges as well as being labor intensive.

Furthermore, in the residential sector, it is budgeted in 2023 in the amount of IDR 25 trillion for the construction and improvement of the Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) with a capacity of 2,206 liters/second, Optimization of SPAM as many as 680 House Connections (SR), Community-Based SPAM as many as 276,000 SR, Domestic Wastewater Management System with 16,600 Family Card (KK) services, Solid Waste Management System with 26,500 KK services and Community-Based Sanitation with 93,720 HH services.

Furthermore, Urban Slum Settlement Arrangements were also handled in an integrated manner covering an area of 306.90 ha, National Tourism Strategic Area Arrangement (KSPN) and other strategic activities covering an area of 430 ha, Community-Based Settlement Infrastructure Development through the PISEW program in 1,340 Districts, Building Constructions covering an area of 10,750 m2, Arrangement of Buildings and the Environment in 20 Areas, Rehabilitation and renovation of school/madrasah/PTN infrastructure, Market Rehabilitation and Renovation and construction of sports infrastructure.

Then in the housing sector, the budget was IDR 6.9 trillion for the construction of 3,535 flats, 26,260 special housing units, 27,825 PSU support, and 145,000 units of self-help housing.

No less important, the Cash-Intensive Activities to create job opportunities in the village, in 2023 IDR 14.98 trillion is allocated, with a target of 743,000 workers absorption.