Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Java Northern Coast Management Authority Agency (BOPPJ) stated that the construction of the 575-kilometer giant sea wall along Java's northern coast (Pantura) is divided into 15 segments.“The construction itself spans approximately 575 kilometers along Java’s northern coast. We have divided it into 15 segments, allowing for parallel development activities,” Head of BOPPJ Didit Herdiawan Ashaf said at a press conference here on Monday.Therefore, Ashaf said, BOPPJ is also carrying out planning activities for both program groundbreaking and infrastructure groundbreaking so that they can proceed simultaneously, with implementation to be conducted in cooperation with regional governments from the district and city levels up to the provincial level.“With such conditions, the 575-kilometer development is thematic, not solely grey infrastructure, but thematic. Going forward, we will continue carrying out planning in accordance with our mandate, namely that development planning and management are carried out in cooperation with local governments,” he said.The giant sea wall construction along Java’s Pantura is not only aimed at protecting factories and offices, but also considers the lives within the area, including ecosystems and ecology, with fishermen forming the largest ecosystem.“This is what we will later integrate with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, as well as the Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, the Ministry of Cooperatives,” Ashaf said.BOPPJ emphasized that the coastal protection system along Java’s Pantura, including the giant sea wall, is aimed at maintaining the sustainability of coastal civilization in the region.Java's northern coast faces serious challenges, including land subsidence, rising sea levels, flooding caused by rainfall, and tidal flooding, which have impacted residential areas, industrial zones, ports, airports, agricultural land, the reduction of coastlines and land areas, as well as other national strategic infrastructure.