THE sinking capital of Indonesia will be moved 1,200 miles away to a remote island inhabited by jungle tribes in a £24billion project.
At least 20,000 people from the country’s 21 indigenous groups living in the area earmarked will be forced to make way for Jakarta – which it’s estimated will take more than two decades to construct.
As the city continues to sink, Indonesia’s parliament has rubber-stamped plans to relocate the city to a jungle island on the East Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo, which the country shares with Malaysia and Brunei.
Some 1,200 miles away from where the capital sits now, the island will be named Nusantara after undergoing a transformation worth an eye-watering £24billion.
The proposed city will cover around 216 square miles, but in total almost 1,000 square miles have been set aside for the project – with the additional land reserved for potential future expansion.
It would see 1.5million of Jakarta’s 10.5million population relocated as predictions suggest that by 2050, around 95 per cent of North Jakarta will be submerged.
Early plans for the new capital depict a utopian design aimed at creating an environmentally friendly “smart” city, but few details have been confirmed.
It will, however, see new government offices and a 150-metre tall presidential palace built.
