Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a camping trip to the country’s future capital, he said on social media Tuesday, posing for photographs in a forest at the site of the new city.
JAKARTA, Indonesia —
The country is preparing to move its capital from overcrowded Jakarta to Nusantara, in a megaproject that has come under criticism from environmentalists who warn it could damage ecosystems in the region. On Monday, Widodo and governors from across the country inaugurated the site with a ceremony in which they brought soil and water from their respective regions and mixed them together to symbolise the country’s unity.
But the project has faced hurdles — with fears over its environmental impact compounded by the loss this week of investor SoftBank Group, which withdrew from the project without explanation.
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