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A smart new city
“The construction of the new capital city is not merely a physical move of government offices,” President Joko Widodo said ahead of parliament’s approval of the plan last week according to the. “The main goal is to build a smart new city, a new city that is competitive at the global level, to build a new locomotive for the transformation ... toward an Indonesia based on innovation and technology based on a green economy.
The concept for this shiny new city is not entirely new. It was first introduced back in 2019. The ambitious development would see the rise of a city called Nusantara . Nusantara would be located 2,000 km northeast of Jakarta in Borneo’s East Kalimantan province. To populate the city and make sure it runs appropriately, 1.5 million civil servants would have to relocate from Jakarta.However, not all are on board with Widodo's new plans. Environmental groups worry that the new city may disturb the orangutans, leopards, and other wildlife that already live there.
“There are threats to water systems and risks of climate change, threats to flora and fauna, and threats of pollution and environmental damage,” Dwi Sawung, an official with the WALHI environmental group, said to the
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