Jakarta – The Surabaya Town Government (Pemkot) was asked to turn the course on its budget after the news emerged from a deficit in the local financial grants (TKD) of approximately IDR 730 billion for 2026. Deputy Chairman of the Surabaya DPRD, Bahtiyar Rifai, assessed that the effectiveness is the main step. -Needs. “Efficiency is one of the steps. I hope the optimization of assets will be that is not working for our path,” Bahtiyar said in his statement Tuesday (14/10/2025). Browse to continue with the content, many city government assets such as land and buildings were not used, some of which are even used by the community without a clear contribution to the local original income (road). Bahtiyar has encouraged the city government to make new breakthroughs by offering innovative website-based digital platforms, a kind of online show of the city government assets. “Like people selling clothes or cell phones in e-commerce. I hope there will be a website later that shows photos of assets, where they are located, and how much they cost. So people no longer have to bother to look around,” he said. In addition, this politician of the Gerindra party gave an example, if residents need land in a certain area, they only need to open the city government’s website and see the details. “Just click, you can find out how big it is, how much it costs, whether the contract is going on or not,” he continued. In addition to facilitating things to the public, Bahtiyar believes that this digital system also helps with the automatic collection of assets. Data can be integrated directly from sub -district to urban level without having to hand files by hand. As well as encouraging bureaucratic transparency. “Asset data are collected, photos are taken, and an appreciation is also performed, so it’s clear what the rental value is. It means everything is open, there are no games, no brokers,” he emphasized. Bahtiyar also emphasizes the importance of training for heads and village heads before this system is implemented. According to Bahtiyar, Ltkad Surabaya should instruct Technical Guidance (Bimtek) on how to upload, upload and update assets data. “First, you need to create a website, then there is an update process. For example, the asset was still a forest land, but now it has been cleaned, so it has been photographed again so that the public can see the current conditions,” Bahtiyar said. Furthermore, Bahtiyar hopes that this step can revive assets that are dormant so that they can become productive again and increase Surabaya City’s path. Also watch the video “DPR say the effectiveness of the budget, but the debt is increasing, that’s what the palace says” here: (PRF/EGA)
Deputy Head of Surabaya DPRD encourages the city government to be effective and create asset show
