Bekasi Regency \u2014 A Ramadan Safari event attended by West Java\nGovernor Dedi Mulyadi, commonly known as KDM, at Den Sakti Field in\nSumberjaya Village, South Tambun District, turned into an open \u201caudit\u201d\nof the Bekasi Regency 2026 regional budget (APBD).<\/p>\n
During the occasion, KDM raised a range of development issues, from\nriver normalisation projects and chaotic spatial planning to the\nallocation of Bekasi Regency\u2019s regional budget for this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cRoad projects are visible. But dredging rivers \u2014 are you really\ngoing to go down and check? How much is the river dredging? Three\nkilometres long, five kilometres deep. How do you measure that? Just\njump in,\u201d KDM said in his address on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He identified the practice of land conversion as one of the main\ncauses of recurring flooding in Bekasi Regency. Rice paddies have been\nfilled in for housing, reservoirs have been buried, and water catchment\nareas have changed function with spatial planning permits.<\/p>\n
\u201cSwamps filled in, reservoirs filled in, houses built. The spatial\nplan allowed it, the government permitted it. When the floods come \u2014\n\u2018Pak Dedi!\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He noted that when rivers are to be normalised, objections frequently\narise because riverbank land has already been claimed. \u201cFlooding, but\nthey don\u2019t want the rivers normalised. Don\u2019t want flooding, but the\nforests are cut down. Forests become settlements. Of course flooding is\ninevitable,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
During the event, Dedi even called upon Acting Bekasi Regent Asep\nSurya Atmaja to explain the regional budget allocation. Asep stated that\nthe Bekasi Regency APBD totalled Rp7.7 trillion and that road\ndevelopment allocation reached Rp1.2 trillion.<\/p>\n
Dedi questioned this figure. \u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d he said. However, he\nthen expressed optimism that if the budget genuinely matched the stated\namount, it could certainly be used to maximum effect for development\nwithin a year.<\/p>\n
Closing the West Java Provincial Government\u2019s Ramadan Safari, Dedi\nurged local government officials to focus on serving the public.<\/p>\n
According to Regional Financial Information System (SIKD) data as of\n21 February 2026, the Bekasi Regency APBD structure derives from\nregional revenue of Rp7.28 trillion, sourced from locally generated\nrevenue, regional taxes and levies, central government transfers, and\nother income. Revenue realisation stood at just Rp352.68 billion, or\n4.84 per cent.<\/p>\n
Total regional expenditure reaches Rp7.703 trillion, with personnel\nspending at Rp3.563 trillion, followed by goods, services, capital, and\nother expenditure. Expenditure realisation stood at only Rp108.43\nbillion, or 1.41 per cent. Personnel spending remains the largest\ncomponent of the 2026 budget.<\/p>\n
Regarding road infrastructure budget allocation for this year, the\nBekasi Regency Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) stated at\nthe end of 2025 that the budget for road infrastructure activities in\n2026 was set at Rp230 billion, covering both regency and neighbourhood\nroads.<\/p>\n
The allocation for roads with regency status amounted to Rp156\nbillion, earmarked for activities including road reconstruction,\nconstruction, maintenance, and widening, with a total volume of 40\nkilometres.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, neighbourhood roads spread across 23 districts throughout\nBekasi Regency were allocated Rp74.5 billion for 2026. All allocations\nwere discussed through a tiered process, from village government level\nthrough to district and regional government levels.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ramadan-safari-west-java-governor-conducts-open-audit-of-bekasi-regency-budget-1771776680", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }