Jakarta (ANTARA) - The figure behind the grand plan for the construction of the new capital city (IKN) Nusantara, Danis H. Sumadilaga, the IKN Infrastructure Development Task Force Head, comes across as being humble, warm, and friendly.Sumadilaga is included as one of the important figures behind the IKN construction in East Kalimantan, a new capital city being built by the Indonesian government to achieve the big goal of realizing Golden Indonesia 2045. In a conversation that took place at his office at the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry, Sumadilaga spoke candidly with ANTARA regarding his involvement in this project that placed him in the planning sector. While serving as the Ministry's Director General for Human Settlements in 2019, Sumadilaga was appointed to become the coordinator for preparing plans for the construction of IKN Nusantara, such as conducting the IKN design competition. s coordinator, he was also tasked with preparing the IKN Development Planning Task Force to focus on coordinating and controlling the IKN development planning. fter PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono formed the IKN Infrastructure Development Task Force, Sumadilaga then received the mandate as chairman of the task force. With the IKN Infrastructure Development Task Force and the IKN Development Planning Task Force that were formed earlier, the IKN construction development began in 2021. The government also targeted to move the capital city from Jakarta to IKN starting in 2024. t that time, the Directorate General of the PUPR Ministry worked to prepare plans for the IKN construction. The ministry decided to build the Sepakui Semoi Dam earlier since it was considered that the dam is a vital infrastructure as the main supplier of raw water for IKN. The Sepaku Semoi Dam is designed to supply raw water to meet the needs of 2,500 liters per second, comprising two thousand liters per second being allocated for IKN Nusantara while the remaining 500 liters per second for Balikpapan City.
Source: Antara News Agency