First Time, Hundreds Of Construction Workers Celebrate First Eid At IKN Nusantara

Hundreds of construction workers celebrate their first Eid al-Adha in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), on Thursday, June 29. Photo: Doc. Ministry of PUPR

JAKARTA - Director General of Housing of the Ministry of PUPR Iwan Suprijanto accompanied by the Head of the Archipelago Capital Authority (OIKN), and hundreds of construction workers celebrated their first Eid al-Adha in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), on Thursday, June 29.

A series of activities to celebrate Eid al-Adha were held at the Al-Ikhwan Mosque, which is located in the Construction Worker Residential Area (HPK), Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan.

The Director General of Housing of the Ministry of PUPR, Iwan Suprijanto, hopes that workers can live comfortably in the HPK IKN area.

Therefore, various religious activities were held at the Al Ikhwan Mosque to increase the spirit of work and at the same time be grateful for the blessings while working.

"The implementation of the 1444 H Eid prayer is the first at IKN and is attended by construction workers and local residents. Now, the IKN area is more vibrant and lively, and is more lively after some time ago Nuzulul Quran was carried out at IKN," said Iwan in his written statement, quoted on Friday, June 30.

After performing ied prayers, construction workers carried out friendly activities and ate together with the IKN Authority and IWAPI. Furthermore, the workers also cut the sacrificial animals as many as four cows and six goats.

"Alhamdulillah, all the registered IKN residents and the Eid al-Adha committee have received sacrificial meat. The committee also donated 100 kg of sacrificial meat to Sukaraja Village, as well as to eat together at the IKN HPK canteen," added Iwan.

One construction worker named Suwito said that the Eid prayer this time felt different because it was far from his family in Central Java. Even so, this did not reduce the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of construction workers who had the opportunity to celebrate Eid al-Adha for the first time at IKN Nusantara.

"This Eid feels different because we are tasked with building IKN in East Kalimantan which is far from family. We hope that all development will run well and smoothly, and be able to improve the welfare of us construction workers in Indonesia," he said.