A view of the construction site of Indonesia’s new capital city Nusantara in Sepaku, East Kalimantan, which will replace Jakarta. Photo: EPA-EFE
Indonesia unveils construction site of new capital city as Jakarta sinks into the sea
- The ground has been broken on the construction of Nusantara, a ‘sustainable forest city’ twice the size of New York that aims to be carbon-neutral by 2045
- Jakarta – the congested, polluted current capital that is prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea – will be retired from capital status
A view of the construction site of Indonesia’s new capital city Nusantara in Sepaku, East Kalimantan, which will replace Jakarta. Photo: EPA-EFE
