JAKARTA - The relieved and happy expression on the face of Kori Temu\n(38), a resident who previously lived on the land of the public cemetery\nowned by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in RW 04 Pegadungan,\nKalideres, West Jakarta, could not be hidden.<\/p>\n
Kori was one of the residents affected by the eviction because the\nsettlement land she occupied was to be developed into a new cemetery,\nnamely TPU Pegadungan.<\/p>\n
She participated in the first phase relocation programme from the\nWest Jakarta City Government on 10 February 2026.<\/p>\n
For Kori, her move to the Tegal Alur Flats was initially a threat,\nbut it has now turned into something like a fulfilled prayer.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy old house was in the rice fields, just a simple shack, behind the\nCitra 5 complex, really on rice field land,\u201d said Kori when met by\nKompas.com at the Tegal Alur Flats on Wednesday (1\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n
This woman, a migrant from Kupang, recounted that she first came to\nJakarta in 2008 and worked as a domestic assistant or housemaid.<\/p>\n
She then met her husband, who works as a school security guard, got\nmarried, and had two children now aged 12 and 7 years.<\/p>\n
Economic pressures and meagre income led this small family to move\nfrom a rented room and build a makeshift house on the vacant land 13\nyears ago.<\/p>\n
The environmental conditions there were very concerning. Kori said\nher house often flooded when it rained, the roads were muddy and\nslippery, and the groundwater was salty.<\/p>\n
She even had to fetch water from the nearest public facility if she\nwanted clean water from PAM Jaya.<\/p>\n
The limited house conditions even made her children feel ashamed if\nschool friends wanted to visit to play.<\/p>\n
When she first received the land eviction notice from the government,\nKori admitted she was shocked and stressed.<\/p>\n
At that time, she only learned that the land she had occupied for\nover a decade was actually state property and would soon be developed\ninto a cemetery.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/koris-story-a-resident-affected-by-the-pegadungan-public-cemetery-eviction-who-now-lives-comfortably-in-flats-1775033558", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }