Nindya Karya President Director Accompanies PUPR Minister and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment on Their Working Visit to the Indonesian Capital City (IKN)

PENAJAM PASER UTARA - Nindya Karya President Director Moeharmein Zein Chaniago accompanied the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono and the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menkomarvest) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan on a working visit to review the Indonesian Capital City (IKN) area, Tuesday (6/5).

The Nindya Karya projects visited by the two Ministers of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet include the Section 3A2 and Section 5A Toll Road Construction Project, the Kemenko 3 Building Construction Project, the KIPP landscape project, the KIPP feeder project, the ASN POLRI & BIN Flats Construction Project, the Nusantara Veranda Development Project and the IKN VVIP Airport Access Project.

In addition to reviewing the progress of several projects, the PUPR Minister's visit was also intended to see the readiness of the IKN development ahead of the inaugural ceremony on August 17, 2024. Basuki ensured that the ceremonial field was ready to use because the grass and flagpoles had been prepared. Meanwhile, the Presidential Palace's progress is still 67 percent.

"I think the ceremonial field is 90 percent ready and the grass has been prepared, all the flagpoles have been installed. The palace is 67 percent complete, it will be finished in June, now it's architectural work," explained Basuki.

Meanwhile, Head of the IKN Infrastructure Development Implementation Task Force Danis Sumadilaga said that the overall progress of basic infrastructure Batch 1 in the IKN Nusantara has reached 81 percent, covering 40 work packages that mainly function to support the August 17, 2024 ceremony. Starting from the Sepaku Semoi Dam, Presidential Palace, Presidential Office, State Secretariat, Presidential Secretariat, Paspampres housing, 4 Coordinating Ministry offices, Sumbu Kebangsaan roads, toll access to IKN segments 3A, 3B, and 5A, to the Pulau Balang Bridge and its applications.