Ministry builds 375 sanitation facilities in North Sumatra

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Public Works Ministry is building 375 sanitation facilities across North Sumatra in 2026 under a community-based infrastructure program that also employs local workers, the ministry said in Jakarta on Monday.

Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo said the Community-Based Infrastructure (IBM) program was a priority because its benefits could be felt directly by communities through basic facilities and local employment.

“We are paying special attention to Community-Based Infrastructure. IBM is very important because its impact is closest to communities and directly benefits them, both physically and economically,” Dody said.

The ministry is expanding access to adequate sanitation in North Sumatra through its 2026 Community-Based Infrastructure Sanitation Program, known as IBM Sanitation.

The 375 sanitation facilities are being built across several districts and cities while creating jobs for local residents through labor-intensive construction, Dody said.

The 2026 IBM Sanitation Program in North Sumatra covers Community-Based Sanitation (Sanimas) and Sanitation for Religious Educational Institutions (LPK).

Construction is spread across Deli Serdang District, Serdang Bedagai District, Medan City, Tebing Tinggi City, Simalungun District and Padang Lawas District.

Deli Serdang is receiving 207 Sanimas facilities and one LPK sanitation facility, while Serdang Bedagai is receiving 161 Sanimas facilities and two LPK sanitation facilities.

The remaining facilities comprise one LPK sanitation facility each in Medan City, Tebing Tinggi City, Simalungun District and Padang Lawas District.

Sanimas facilities include bathroom stalls, grease traps, septic tanks and infiltration wells. LPK sanitation facilities include bathroom and toilet stalls, hand-washing stations, ablution areas, clothes-washing facilities and wastewater treatment structures