Acting Governor Conveys Answers to General Factions' Views on Draft Bylaw 2024 APBD

Jakarta Acting Governor, Heru Budi Hartono, delivered his response to the Factions' General View regarding the Draft Bylaw for City Budget (APBD) 2024 at the DPRD Plenary Meeting, Monday (10/9).

This draft preparation is a continuation of the joint agreement between the executive and legislative

The plenary meeting to submit answers was chaired by Jakarta DPRD Vice Chairman, Khoirudin.

At the beginning of the speech, together with the executive ranks, he expressed his thanks for the questions, appreciation, support, suggestions, and comments submitted by the Jakarta DPRD factions regarding the material for the Draft Bylaw for the 2024 fiscal year.

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"This draft preparation is a continuation of the joint agreement between the executive and legislative about the KUA PPAS's APBD for the 2024 fiscal year," he expressed, in the City Council building.

According to him,  the Jakarta Provincial Government was also committed to handling floods according to the 2023-2026 Regional Development Plan, namely: building and/or revitalizing rivers, lakes, reservoirs and reservoirs (SDEW); maintenance of infrastructure and control facilities and development of flood monitoring systems; Intensive coordination from the central government and synchronization of priority locations for land acquisition to accelerate construction work by the PUPR Ministry, as well as increasing river capacity through dredging mud in large rivers.

"The Jakarta Government is also serious about dealing with congestion with several efforts, namely readjusting traffic light cycle times to reduce queue lengths and delay times, arranging parking on roads, prioritizing the rights of pedestrians and cyclists, coordinating the integration of transportation modes, adjusting public transportation subsidies and replacing buses. conventional to be powered by electricity," he explained.

He went on to say that the Jakarta Government had also built an RDF facility for large-scale waste processing at the Bantargebang TPA which had been built quickly, effectively, and did not burden regional finances, both during construction and operation.

"It is planned that a similar facility will be built in Rorotan with around 2,500 tons capacity per day in 2024," he continued.

The Jakarta Government has also carried out synergy through the Jakarta Beraksi program, coordinating with related parties to accelerate the reduction of stunting in Jakarta and facilitating the creation of the website stunting.jakarta.go.id as a stunting dashboard.

"As well as strengthening the function of Posyandu as a place for initial screening, monitoring the growth and development of toddlers as well as providing additional food (PMT) provided through Community Health Centers and Subdistricts to Pregnant Women and Toddlers," he continued.

He added the Jakarta Government is currently finalizing "one development data", namely a single database sourced from DTKS and Targeting the Acceleration of Elimination of Extreme Poverty (P3KE), as well as several other data sources that will be used for planning, implementing and evaluating development programs including the Provision Jakarta Smart Card (KJP), Jakarta Superior Student Card (KJMU), Jakarta Children's Card (KAJ), Jakarta Elderly Card (KLJ), Jakarta Disabled Card (KPDJ), and Food Assistance.

"In the future, the Social Security program provided by the Jakarta Government will be based on a single data through One Development Data, thus it is more targeted. This is implemented through the local, individual-based Family Hope Program (PKH) in the form of fulfilling basic needs for the elderly, people with disabilities, young children and for children and teenagers whose parents or guardians have died due to Covid-19," he stated.