City urged to delay demolition

City urged to delay demolition

JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of United Development Faction of the City Council H. Yusuf Hamdani has urged the municipality to postpone the demolition of illegal buildings during the current Moslem fasting month.

"It is wiser if the government halts all operations that make the citizens feel restless during the fasting month," Hamdani told reporters.

He added that the cleanup operations could be continued after the Idul Fitri festivity.

Hamdani made the request in response to a cleanup operation along the Cisadane river currently launched by the law and order officers of the West Jakarta mayoralty.

Hundreds of illegal buildings along the river are being demolished in line with the mayoralty's drive to clean up shanties and other illegal structures on the riverbanks. (30)