Jakarta, Feb. 13 -- Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono stated that the normalization of the 22 km long Wulan River will begin in the 2024-2026 budget year.

"In April 2024, we will start normalizing the downstream (area) of Wulan River," Hadimuljono noted in a statement from the Ministry of PUPR in Jakarta, Tuesday.

According to the minister, apart from repairing the embankment and normalizing the Wulan River, there is also a program to build a 60 km long embankment and normalize the Juana River and rehabilitate a 10 km long embankment, both in 2025-2027.

Hadimuljono also instructed that emergency repairs to the Wulan River embankment in Demak District, Central Java, which collapsed due to heavy rain o...