70 Buildings on Jalan Ancol Barat Demolished
Reported by Suriaman Panjaitan | Translated by Cintya Meliza
As much as 70 buildings stood atop Jalan Ancol Barat I and IV, Ancol Urban Village, North Jakarta, demolished. It is purposed to smoothly process normalization of the water channel.
We send 150 Satpol PP personnel, 50 PPSU personnel and 10 firefighters to demolish the buildings
"We send 150 Satpol PP personnel, 50 PPSU personnel and 10 firefighters to demolish the buildings," said Head of North Jakarta Satpol PP, Iyan Sopian Hadi, Monday (11/9).
According to Hadi, since there are many buildings on the channel, the area is often inundated when raining. As the water flow is clogged and its channel hard to be cleaned.
23 Illegal Buildings Along Jalan Pluit Dalam Demolished"The inundation can hit 20-30 cm depth. We demolish the buildings first, and then clean the channel," he explained.
The channel has a length of 400 m and 2 meters width. "We'll discuss it soon along with the Water Management Sub-Department," he stated.
