State funding for the project has plunged, while construction has slowed and few civil servants have been eager to move away from Jakarta

As usual, great journalism from The Guardian. ❤️

  • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 days ago

    That’s all possible. But they need to move because Jakarta is fucked. It’s sinking faster than an other city in the world and they have no way of controlling that rate because the city is full of unregulated wells.

    Half as Interesting just did a video about this.

    (That said, they could’ve just moved to another city rather than building a new one.)