Hundreds of people who claimed care for the environment of RT 01, 02, and 03, RW 03, Bintaro Urban Village, Pesanggrahan Sub-District, South Jakarta, are staging demonstration to express their rejection on Lexington Residence construction. As a result, long traffic congestion formed on Jalan Deplu Raya, Bintaro, South Jakarta, Monday (8/11).

Staring 8 AM, those people are seating on half part of the road that connects Bintaro and Pondok Pinang. They are carrying banners and distributing pamphlets illustrating their rejections and demands on this project.

“There is no environmental impact analysis (Amdal) yet (in this project) because there has not been discussion and deliberation with residents who live in RT 01-03, RW 03, Bintaro. Moreover, Jalan Deplu Tengah, which is the entrance to settlement in RT 03/03 is also ruled by the developer. In working days, the road is used as parking lot for project officers,” said the action coordinator, Eros Djarot.

Siti (53), a resident of RT 03/03, admitted disturbed with the project, especially its stakes installation works done every night.

“The vibrations feel like an earth quake. There is a house cracking (because of it). They (developer) said has installed tap water (PAM), but when checked to PAM, there is no planning proposal yet,” she lamented.

Meanwhile, Head of Pesanggrahan Sub-District, Eko Suryo, acknowledged that Lexington Residence construction has yet had environmental impact analysis. However, he denies the project had been started.

“There is no construction work yet because the environmental impact analysis trial was just finished,” he stated.

Based on beritajakarta.com observations, dozens of policemen and Satpol PP personnel are on guard in location and regulate the traffic. The mass plans to stage demonstration again at 6 PM. Thus, road users passing this location are urged to take alternative routes to prevent traffic congestion.