Kamal residents want access road<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The people of Kamal subdistrict in West Jakarta
\nhave urged the city administration to provide them with access to
\nthe main road to end their area's isolation since the completion
\nof the airport toll road in April 1985.<\/p>\n
Representatives of the residents asked West Jakarta Mayor
\nSutardjianto on Monday to build a flyover across Prof. Sedyatmo
\ntoll road, which links the city and Soekarno-Hatta International
\nAirport, and divides the subdistrict.<\/p>\n
The mayor visited the area to promote the government's program
\nto develop least developed areas, known as Inpres Desa
\nTertinggal. Kamal has been categorized as a least developed area.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Fajar Panjaitan, the chief of Kalideres district,
\nwhose jurisdiction includes Kamal, confirmed that the airport
\ntoll road has separated three of eight community units in the
\nsubdistrict.<\/p>\n
Bisnis Indonesia daily reported yesterday that the isolation
\nhas cost the local people extra transportation expenses and
\nhampers their business activities.<\/p>\n
The people told Sutardjianto that they had to pay
\napproximately Rp 5,000 (US$2.30) for a round trip by ojek
\n(motorcycle taxi) to reach the nearest community health center
\nfor medical treatment costing just Rp 500.<\/p>\n
A vegetable farmer complained to the mayor that with the
\nexisting bridge, he has to carry the vegetables to Kalideres or
\nCengkareng market by bicycle.<\/p>\n
\"We are badly in need of public transportation,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Another farmer asked the mayor to help him obtain a loan which
\nhe needed to boost his business.<\/p>\n
A fish breeder also made the same request to develop a
\nrecreational fishing spot.<\/p>\n
Jakarta has 11 least developed subdistricts, five of which
\nwill receive Rp 20 million in aid each as part of the central
\ngovernment's program, while the remaining six will receive around
\nRp 10 million in donations from the city administration. (03)<\/p>",
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