Industrial -based transmigration begins to be applied in Eastern Sumba

Jakarta – Melolo Transmigration Area, East Sumba, is now used as a pilot project based on industrialization and investment. This program not only develops sugarcane production and sugar, but also opens thousands of jobs for transmigrants and local communities. This project was realized by the synergy between the government and the private sector, especially Pt Muria Sumba Manis (MSM), the largest integrated sugar business in NTT, which runs sugarcane plantations in the region. The company’s need for land expansion and the addition of labor provides opportunities for collaboration with the Ministry of Transmigration for Industrialization and downstream transmigration areas. Minister of Transmigration M. IFTITAH Sulaiman emphasized that Melolo would become a pilot project of industrialization and investment -based transmigration. Browse to continue with the content “Melolo Transmigration Area is used as a new transmigration loop project based on industrialization and investment. This area is not only a center for sugarcane and sugar production, but also a regional economic driving force that can record thousands of workers, both of transmigrant residents and local communities,” Iftitah said on Thursday (8/2025). The Coordinating Minister of Infrastructure and Development of Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) added, this program was in line with the government’s vision to build a transmigration area as a new growth center. “The presence of plantation -based industries like this increases the value -added, open jobs, while increasing the well -being of the NTT community,” he said. During a visit some time ago, Ahy and IFTITAH observed the PT Muria Sumba Manis -Suikerf factory directly, from the arrival of sugarcane, processing, grinding, to purification. The government is aimed at, if the Melolo Pilot project is successful, this model can be repeated in other regions to accelerate regional development and encourage national economic growth. With the presence of this strategic investment, the Melolo area will be a concrete example of modern transmigration that not only moves the population, but also offers new economic centers that are competitive and sustainable. (Akn/Ega)