2,700 street vendors shown the road

2,700 street vendors shown the road

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta municipality administration plans
to evict nearly 2,700 street vendors operating in Senen district
starting next month to make way for construction work on a busway
corridor from Pulogadung bus terminal in East Jakarta to the
National Monument, Central Jakarta.

Senen public order director Darwis F. Silitonga said over the
weekend that it was expected the evictions would be finished
before the Idul Fitri holidays, which will fall on Nov. 15 and
Nov. 16.

However, he was still unsure about whether a temporary
location for the evicted vendors would be established. "We had
planned to build a temporary market at the site of the Senen bus
terminal, which is set to be relocated to Kemayoran. But the plan
is still far from reality because people are demanding high
compensation for their land," he said as quoted by the Jakarta
administration website beritajakarta.com. -- JP