JAKARTA - The Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR) Sofyan Djalil said the government is still looking for alternatives for the removal of the nation's capital.According to him, the alternative is necessary for in-depth discussion because of the funding that will be poured for the transfer.
Currently, the government claims to have still not made a decision and is still discussing by conducting various studies to see some cities that have the potential to be the capital of the country.
"We are still looking for alternatives, we have not decided yet, just to determine the study including the availability of land, so it will be a new economic growth center," he said at the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Jakarta on Friday (7 / 7/2017).
Currently, it still has three alternative areas that are explored and considered to fit the needs of the criteria of a capital city. Some of these cities, reportedly located on the island of Borneo.
"The place already has three alternatives, we have seen two areas where we can not disclose, but it will be seen in terms of topography, and I see there in terms of feasibility, all kinds of things," he added.
Although there is a lot of land owned by indigenous people, Sofyan denies that the land the government will use belongs to the local people. That is, the land there is already free and belong to the government.
According to him, all the land that is not owned by the community then the land is owned by the government. If the forest area is not the customary land but the customary land that has been issued. The government will see various risks.
"If the risk of earthquake baseball.But we see there is a risk of flooding various must be seen.Later we choose the most appropriate, we will see if the forest what the status.If the forest is protected it should not be opened.But near protected forest baseball nothing Later our capital is once wooded
