Video: Public Works Minister and President Prabowo's Infrastructure Development Mandate

The Minister of Public Works, Dody Hanggodo, has launched the book “Answering the Mandate: Infrastructure Development of the Ministry of Public Works, A 500-Day Journey of Diligently Building the Nation for the People.”

This book serves as a record and documentation of the infrastructure sector’s work under the Minister of Public Works in translating President Prabowo’s directives to build efficient and effective infrastructure that impacts development and the economy. This achievement is the result of collaborative efforts between the Ministry of Public Works and relevant ministries and agencies in executing the infrastructure development mandate.

One of the infrastructure supports is aimed at food self-sufficiency through the provision of water for paddy fields and plantations via small dams and irrigation systems. This is intended to assist farmers in increasing agricultural production, potentially enabling harvests two to three times per year.

Roads and bridges, as part of strengthening connectivity, are also flagship programmes of the Ministry of Public Works, carried out in collaboration with central and regional governments. This includes village roads and suspension bridges, particularly in Eastern Indonesia.

Specifically for Eastern Indonesia, including Papua, the construction of roads and bridges, as well as the provision of water, is being accelerated despite facing challenges related to land issues.

Furthermore, the Minister of Public Works is encouraging a programme to use at least 30% processed Buton asphalt—an authentic Indonesian material—for road construction to reduce asphalt imports.