Mine pits expose the holes in Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital

Mongabay
Apr 20, 2022, 1:16 pm291 pts
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government’s controversial plan to move the nation’s capital from Jakarta to Borneo has hit one of several snags that critics have long warned about: the presence of thousands of abandoned coal-mining pits at the site of the new city. The environment minister, Siti Nurbaya Bakar,…

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Mine pits expose the holes in Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital

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