Indonesia's capital city to be moved to Kalimatan: Do we really have to?


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There have been decades of debates and planning whether we should move Indonesia’s capital city ever since Soekarno’s era. President Jokowi’s decision to move the capital city to East Kalimantan has been announced in April. Since then, it has invited plenty of discussion among all of us. A question that often arises: Are we also moving the problem to the jungle then? Will it be effective? 
According to TheConversation, the new capital city will be designed as a government centre and be separate from the business centre. This concept is the same as in Australia, with Canberra and Sydney, and Malaysia, with Putra Jaya and Kuala Lumpur.
Going ahead on the argumentation; why should we move? First of all, the government proposed a reason; and its because they want to balance out a Java-centric development. The second reason is overpopulation. Now overpopulation can cause more critical problems such as waste problem & traffic. Traffic congestion in Jakarta results in economic losses reaching Rp56 trillion (USD$3.8 billion) per year (Kompas, 2019). Moreover, due to overpopulation, Jakarta’s land is sinking by 1,5 cm each year. This is a result of many households that pumps groundwater each day.

To add, why Kalimantan then? East Kalimantan geographical area is studies to be safer against natural disasters such as tsunami, earthquakes, and volcano. It encourages migration to East Kalimantan as a way to improve overpopulation in Jakarta

It surely has some cons to be concerned with. Even though the land is built on a palm oil plantations and forests that have been cleared by logging- said WWF Indonesia director for Kalimantan, it is still concerning as some more deforestation will be needed to build infrastructure or homes. Meanwhile, the new capital, which will only carry out government functions, will not be effective as a new growth centre, because such city needs a strong economic base, like an industry centre, according to the principles of a new town planning. And 70% of the country’s money circulation revolves in around Jakarta.  

However, I think that moving the capital city would help the prevent the rise of overpopulation problem which is a significant issue. Even though it may not reverse the damage, at least the moving will prevent Jakarta’s burden to happen again. In the future, the government MUST learn from Jakarta’s flaws and from other developed countries and take this new opportunity as well as possible. Protect Kalimantan’s wildlife, apply an innovative waste management techniques, put sustainability as one of the first priorities, educate the public, and also be considerate and respectful to the indigenous groups such as Dayak people. 

In summary, the most important point is, whether the government wants to move or not, the core problem must be addressed and worked on- immediately. Their priority should still be on Jakarta’s problems because it is on an alarming rate. Otherwise, our metropolitan will be paralyzed. 





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