The Jakarta land reclamation project started in the early 1960s with the aim of reclaiming land from the ocean to provide more space for the city’s growing population. The project has been ongoing for more than 50 years, and there is still more land to be reclaimed.
The first phase of the project began in 1961 and involved the construction of a seawall and the dredging of a canal. The seawall was designed to protect the newly reclaimed land from …