FILE PHOTO: General view of Garuda Palace, the future Presidential Palace, and ministerial offices under construction in the new capital city of Nusantara, a day before Indonesia's 79th Independence Day, in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, August 16, 2024. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
Jakarta: The construction of Nusantara, Indonesia’s planned new capital city in East Kalimantan, has drawn flak from analysts who fear the megaproject is veering toward elite private developments at the expense of inclusivity.
In the rush to unveil the new capital on Aug 17, in time for the country’s Independence Day celebration, the development had sidestepped essential urban-planning principles, prioritising groundbreaking on international hospitals and private schools but missing many public facilities, urban-planning expert Nirwono Joga told The Jakarta Post last Friday.
