Ahead of Relocation Deadline, Residents' Houses in Kamal on TPU Land Demolished

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Buildings belonging to residents in RW 07 and RW 08, Kamal Ward, Kalideres District, West Jakarta, have begun to be demolished as the relocation deadline set for 5 April 2026 approaches. The residential land of these residents is an asset owned by the DKI Jakarta Parks and City Forest Service (Tamhut). Based on Kompas.com’s observations at the location on Wednesday morning (1/4/2026), several residential buildings have already been levelled with the ground. Debris from the remaining structures is scattered across various corners of the area, also known as Kampung Bilik. The bilik houses, some of whose walls still use wood and plywood, are no longer standing intact. Materials such as chunks of lightweight bricks, broken wood, asbestos, and bamboo pieces are piled up, covering the former residents’ land. At several points, there are houses that only leave behind frameworks or 50-centimetre-high concrete walls without roofs. Structures approximately 3x4 metres in size are left with only a few remnants of unpainted walls, with floor tiles still installed inside. These buildings were constructed using makeshift materials, such as unplastered brick arrangements, wooden planks, plywood, and even banners and tarps used to cover wall gaps. Life in the yet-to-be-demolished village area continues to go on. Along the narrow alleys, rows of residents’ laundry drying in front of houses and motorbikes parked on the roadside are visible. Several pushcarts used by residents for street vending are also still seen on the edges of the alley roads. Zainudin (57), one of the residents still occupying the public cemetery land, admitted that the houses began to be extensively demolished after the relocation implementation.