Illegal Buildings are Mostly in East and South Jakarta
access_time February 13 2016 03:20 PM remove_red_eye 2000
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Jakarta Governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, admitted that flood mostly hit the area of South and East Jakarta. It is because those two areas have many illegal buildings above the water channel and riverbank.
The worst areas of flood are South and East Jakarta due to many illegal buildings
“The worst areas of flood are South and East Jakarta due to many illegal buildings,” he said, Saturday (2/13).
Many of those buildings, such as in South Jakarta, have land certificate. “I don’t know how, maybe they got from national land certificate program (prona). But we must normalize the river,” he added.
Illegal Building on Jalan Mangga Besar VIII DemolishedHe appealed to the residents to support this program. Buildings above water channel or riverbank will surely be controlled.
