Illegal Buildings Rampant Again in Tegal Alur Cemetery

Although the officers keep conducting a vigorous raid many times, yet it has not been able to give deterrent effect. Evidently, hundreds of illegal buildings are still rampant in the Tegal Alur Public Cemetery (TPU), Kalideres, West Jakarta.

The cemetery's land should be clean from illegal building and parking lot because it was designated to the tomb. But, we will coordinate with the related unit to do controlling

Based on beritajakarta.com observations, majority of the illegal buildings are used as a business place, like as stalls and parking lots for car and truck. Besides slum, the existence also damages the streets due to passing vehicles.

Diding (40), a parking attendant said the buildings has been existed since two years. Generally, the building owners are from a occupancy bordering the cemetery's wall.

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"I don't know who gave permission. Definitely, the cars and trucks parked around the cemetery are belonging locals, likewise with the stalls," he told, Tuesday (2/17).

Kalideres Sub-District Head, Yunus Burhan expressed the raid authority lies in the Parks and Cemetery Sub-Department. On July 2009, hundreds of illegal buildings used as a residential had been controlled by West Jakarta Administration.

"The cemetery's land should be clean from illegal building and parking lot because it was designated to the tomb. But, we will coordinate with the related unit to do controlling," he stressed.

Meanwhile, Head of West Jakarta Parks and Cemetery Sub-Department, Djauhari Arifin cannot be contacted when being confirmed on this matter via cell phone.