Administration regreens capital

Administration regreens capital

JAKARTA (JP): The administration has allocated Rp 14 billion
(US$1.4 million) for the current fiscal year to transform densely
populated areas in the capital into green belt areas.

Dadang Ruskandar, head of the city's park agency, said the
fund would be spent to vacate 70 slums and densely populated
areas and regreen them.

"Each of the five mayoralties will receive Rp 200 million to
open 14 new green areas," he said on Monday.

He said the city needed to transform at least 6,000 more
hectares into green belt areas to make the city environmentally
feasible for living.

The city currently has only 7,200 hectares of green areas,
scattered across five mayoralties. The park projects are expected
to be completed by the end of this year, Dadang said. (rms)