REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Professor Nirwono Yoga, an expert on urban environment of the Trisakti University in Jakarta, said that the discourse in moving the capital city from Jakarta to Palangkaraya was worth considering. He said the capital city could be moved from Jakarta to Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, so that the central government would not be affected by floods.

"Probably former president Soekarno was right when he raised the discourse to move the capital city to Palangka Raya. Each time Jakarta is flooded with waters, Palangkaraya just remains safe," he said.

He said Palangka Raya City was located on a hilly area far from floods with a good canal system. "But the discourse on moving the capital city to Palangkaraya which happened to resurface several years ago is no longer raised now," he said.

Former president Soekarno once had the idea to move the capital city to Palangkaraya in the 1950s because he saw that Jakarta would be no longer be ideal to serve as a capital city in the future.

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