WB aid for slum rehabilitation

WB aid for slum rehabilitation

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: The World Bank will provide Rp 49 billion (approximately US$21.6 million) for slum rehabilitation projects in Muna regency, which is Indonesia's largest teak exporting area.

Regent H. Muh. Saleh Lasata said here Tuesday the foreign aid, the largest the regency has ever received, will be extended in stages during the next five years. The program will start next year, Antara reported.

The fund will be used to construct new roads and upgrade old ones, develop housing areas, renovate marketplaces and upgrade various other public facilities in the Raha township.

Raha currently has a population of 100,000 and has for years been making efforts to rehabilitate its slum areas, but a shortage of funds has always been the greatest obstacle in the undertaking. (swe)