Agency to build parks in slums

Agency to build parks in slums

JAKARTA: The City Park Agency is planning to create parks in
slums across the city to provide open space for slum residents,
agency head Mauritz Napitupulu said on Thursday.

The agency plans to build 20 parks measuring between 200
square meters and 500 square meters, in slums in the five city
mayoralties.

"We want slum residents to also be able to enjoy facilities
such as parks," Mauritz said.

The agency has allocated Rp 3.95 billion to the project from
the 2002 budget, he added.

Currently, public order officials are evicting slum residents
along river banks and demolishing their homes in an effort to
prevent flooding during the wet season.--JP