Inside Indonesia's Move To New Capital Nusantara: Will Its People Be Ready? | Insight | Full Episode

Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious USD 32b plan to relocate its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, a purpose-built city on Kalimantan. With exactly one year until its inauguration date, there are concerns that the city’s construction is behind schedule. Will Nusantara be ready for the big move? Will the new capital be physically to accommodate the influx of people? Are the local, indigenous tribes prepared to integrate with Indonesians of other ethnicities? Is Nusantara able to achieve its grand green targets? And most importantly, will it succeed in alleviating the population pressures on Jakarta? 00:00 Introduction 01:21 Building Nusantara from scratch 07:21 Impact of Nusantara on local people 16:56 Controversy around Nusantara as new capital 24:00 Environmental costs of Nusantara 33:27 The move from Jakarta to Nusantara 40:50 Nusantara: a waste of resources? =============== ABOUT THE SHOW: Insight investigates and analyses topical issues that impact Asia and the rest of the world. ========================== #CNAInsider #Indonesia #Kalimantan #Nusantara For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram:   / cnainsider   Facebook:   / cnainsider   Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider