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Ministry targets to complete four dams construction in December

The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry has targeted to complete the construction of four dams by end of December ...

Waskita Karya acquires new contracts worth Rp3.2 trillion in Sept-2020

PT Waskita Karya yet again secured new contracts valued at a total of Rp3.2 trillion in September 2020, predominantly ...

Waskita Karya bags contracts for three irrigation projects

State-owned  construction firm PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk won contracts to build three irrigation ...

Five investors plan to build Kayan hiydropower plants in N Kalimantan

North Kalimantan Governor Irianto Lambrie has said that five investors plan to build Kayan hydropower plants (PLTA ...

Ministry readies Rp1.4 trillion to construct dam in next capital city

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry allocated Rp1.4 trillion to construct a dam in Sepaku Sub-district, ...

Indonesia challenged to achieve its mandated food security: economist

Indonesia has had the 2012 Food Law that mandates the country to possess a roadmap to achieve an overall food security; ...

BPOM strives to ensure food security during COVID-19 pandemic

The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has undertaken several efforts to ensure food safety amid the ...

Minister Limpo to expand Seram Island's agricultural area

Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo highlighted his intent to expand the agricultural area in Maluku's Seram ...

APEC urged to safeguard food security through open trade policies

Member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have been advised, in a new policy brief, to adopt an ...

Galang facility to become observation center, not hospital: Minister

The former Vietnamese refugee camp in Galang Island will not be developed as a hospital but rather as an isolation and ...

Govt allots Rp17 billion for Galang Island's water distribution system

The government has allocated funding worth Rp17 billion to install a water distribution system on Galang Island in ...

BMKG marks extreme rainfall in Jakarta on Tuesday

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) confirmed that several parts in Indonesia's capital ...

Flash flood hits 249 Yogyakarta school trip students, kills eight

A flash flood hit 249 students trekking along Sempor River during a school trip in Turi, Sleman District, Yogyakarta, ...

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Fate of Jakarta's giant sea embankment as a flood barrier

A placard on the artificial island, Neeltje-Jans, the Netherlands, reads: "Hier gaan over het tij, de wind, de ...

Eight dams to be ready in 2020: Public Works Ministry

The government has targeted to complete the construction of eight dams under the National Strategic Program in 2020 at ...