City inattentive on building violations

City inattentive on building violations

JAKARTA: More than 200 buildings in Central Jakarta were not
built according to their permits, but the municipality is
powerless to rectify the situation.

Central Jakarta city development sub-agency head Saut Siagian
said on Monday that most of the buildings were constructed
without a permit or had deviated from their original, approved
designs.

Saut said that his office lacked the budget to demolish the
buildings.

The agency has an average of Rp 350 million annually to handle
building violations, he said. --JP