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)