Bekasi told to punish delinquent developers
Bekasi told to punish delinquent developers
BEKASI (JP): Head of the West Java chapter of National
Strategy Inspectorate M. Ismail has asked the Bekasi regency to
take stern action against the regency's developers building
projects not in line with specifications.
"Project officers and consultants should reprimand
developers who violate project agreements, rather than just hide
their mistakes," Ismail said in an evaluation meeting with the
Bekasi branch of the Indonesian Developers Association and
officials of Bekasi administration on Wednesday.
Ismail said that many of the regency's projects were
constructed by developers haphazardly, as can be seen from their
quality.
"There are a lot of projects which are already in bad
condition, even though they were built only one year earlier.
Moreover, many developers have filed misleading reports on the
progress of their project's construction," he said.
The developers, for example, reported that they had
completed the construction of a certain project. However, when
the administration inspected the location, the construction was
just reaching the 40 percent completion stage, he added.
Ismail said that among developers who have violated the
project agreements, are CV Edison Putra Sulung, CV Mega
Nusantara, CV Wahana Pembangunan and other companies owned by H.
Achmad.
Ismail added that the total cost of projects handled by
those developers reached Rp 1.58 billion (US$718,180).
He reiterated that the regency should not hesitate to take
firmer action against those developers. "Just revoke their
licenses and put them on trial because their actions cause the
state to suffer losses," he added.
Earlier, Bekasi Regent Moch. Djamhari was angry at
developers who handled the renovation of six elementary school
buildings, including SD Pulau Puter and SD Karang Bahagia.
According to a spokesman for the regency, Yaya Rutyatnasih,
the regent criticized the developers for the quality of the
construction and for the usage of low standard materials in five
of the six buildings.
Djamhari also threatened, as punishment, not to give other
projects to the delinquent developers in the future.
The developers argued that the limited availability of funds
to renovate the buildings forced them to use poor quality
materials.
"We cannot meet the quality standard drawn by the project
agreements because the project fund is calculated based on prices
set last year, when the building materials were still cheaper,"
one of the developers told The Jakarta Post. (12/yns)