Residents’ Relocation from West Side of Pluit Reservoir Finished
Reported by Budhi Firmansyah Surapati | Translated by Arief Rahman
The relocation of residents who were occupying the west side of Pluit Reservoir, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, is finally done. As much as 128 households now live in Muara Baru Flat.
The relocation of residents from the west side of Pluit Reservoir has done. Thus, the construction of inspection road can now be continued freely
As known, those people had lived in the area since dozens of years ago. There were at least 200 buildings at RT 19/17, Penjaringan Urban Village. But after data collection, only 128 households have the right to be relocated to Muara Baru Flat.
“The relocation of residents from the west side of Pluit Reservoir, starting from the back of Pluit Timur Police Post until the pump house, has done. Thus, the construction of inspection road can now be continued freely,” stated Head of Penjaringan Sub-District, Rusdiyanto, Thursday (12/4).
December, Pluit Reservoir Normalization Second Phase BeginsMeanwhile, Action Coordinator of Jakarta Rivers and Reservoirs Normalization, Heriyanto, added that at this time there are only two permanent buildings in the location which have not been torn down.
“We’ll immediately demolish those buildings because the owners have been relocated to flat,” he asserted.
According to Heriyanto, the inspection road to be built would be as long as 500 meters and as wide as 7 meters.
“We predict that the road widening project starting from Pluit Timur Police Post until pump house could finish in a week,” he said.
