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        "msgid": "minister-dody-reaffirms-giant-sea-wall-development-insufficient-to-solve-north-coast-problems-1772420330",
        "date": "2026-03-02 08:43:49",
        "title": "Minister Dody Reaffirms Giant Sea Wall Development Insufficient to Solve North Coast Problems",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "bisnis",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo has emphasised that whilst the Giant Sea Wall (GSW) project on Java's North Coast (Pantura) is necessary, it must be accompanied by regional government restrictions on groundwater extraction to effectively address land subsidence and tidal flooding.",
        "content": "<p>Development of the Giant Sea Wall (GSW) on Java\u2019s North Coast\n(Pantura) must be accompanied by government regional prohibition on\ngroundwater extraction. The project has been emphasised as insufficient\nto mitigate the impacts of land subsidence causing tidal flooding in the\nregion.<\/p>\n<p>Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo revealed that land subsidence is\nprimarily caused by excessive groundwater extraction, not by ordinary\ncitizens. Whilst household extraction is minimal, hotels and industries\nextract groundwater in extraordinarily large quantities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it has been proven that merely using a sea wall alone cannot\nresolve the land subsidence problem. But the sea wall alone is not\nsufficient; there will be regional regulations (perda) for example that\nprohibit groundwater extraction,\u201d Dody said in Semarang, Central Java,\non Monday, 2 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Dody added that the sea wall development aims not only to protect\nJava\u2019s Pantura region but also to convert seawater into freshwater that\ncan be supplied to surrounding cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis extraction will eventually be prohibited. This is what will be\nbridged by, amongst other things, the North Java Coastal Management\nAuthority (BOPPJ). That is why the work currently being done by BOPPJ is\nstill considered insufficient. So the sea wall will advance further into\nthe sea and be larger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will then serve as justification for regional governments to\nissue regulations prohibiting further groundwater extraction,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>The BOPPJ indicated that water from the GSW retention reservoir can\nbe utilised as raw water or clean water for the public.<\/p>\n<p>BOPPJ Head Didit Herdiawan Ashaf stated that the retention reservoir\nwill serve as a source of freshwater in the future. For utilisation of\nwater from the retention reservoir, he continued, each regional\ngovernment along Java\u2019s Pantura will make arrangements, not the\nBOPPJ.<\/p>\n<p>President Prabowo Subianto previously stated that the National\nStrategic Project of the Giant Sea Wall is ready to be constructed\nacross Pantura to protect 50 million residents from rising sea\nlevels.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/minister-dody-reaffirms-giant-sea-wall-development-insufficient-to-solve-north-coast-problems-1772420330",
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