Indonesia to boost labour-intensive infrastructure projects
The Indonesian government will intensify labour-intensive infrastructure projects in different parts of Indonesia to offer employment to members of the low-income community to maintain their purchasing power amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Jakarta (VNA) - The Indonesian government will intensify labour-intensiveinfrastructure projects in different parts of Indonesia to offer employment tomembers of the low-income community to maintain their purchasing power amid theon🌄going COVID-19 pandemic.
ANTARA quoted Public Works and Housing Minister BasukiHadimoeljono as saying that manpower-intensive infrastructure projects are alsoaimed at boosting economic growth and distributing funds to villages and ruralareas.
While implementing these labor-intensive infrastructureprojects, the social distancing measures will consistently be imposed tocontain the COVID-19 outbreak, he explained.
To this end, the Public Works and Housing Ministry willexpedite the realisation of this year's labor-intensive projects, financed incash, in 34 provinces across Indonesia.
With a total budget of 10 trillion rupiad, the projects coverseven programmes, including the Irrigation System Accelerated Program(P3-TGAI), Socio-Economic Regional Infrastructure Development Program (PISEW),and Reduced, Reused, and Recycled Waste Management Sites (TPS3R), he revealed.
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The first aid package was prepared for vulnerable groupsresiding in Jakarta, which has imposed large-scale social distancing to containthe pandemic, the minister said.
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