Contractors fail to keep their promise

Contractors fail to keep their promise

JAKARTA (JP): The South Korean and local contractors carrying
out the construction of the Grogol-Pluit elevated toll road have
failed to repair the drainage system in Jelambar, damaged by
their sloppy work.

Local residents said on Saturday that they had had to repair
the damaged drainage system themselves last week after waiting in
vain for months.

"We decided to repair the drainage system ourselves since the
contractors never kept their word," Endung, a resident, said.

West Jakarta's public order officials helped residents repair
the drains on Saturday with very limited equipment.

The residents had earlier criticized Kuk Dong, the South
Korean contractor and its local partners for their sloppy work.

The installment of piers along the Grogol river has also
narrowed the waterway and caused flooding in the area.

Residents have written to the contractor saying that 300 homes
had been flooded because a pipe above the Grogol river was
blocked.

Last month the residents said that the contractors apologized
to the residents through the media for the inconvenience, but
failed to say when they would finish construction and deal with
the damage.

Kuk Dong has repeatedly been reprimanded by the city public
works office. (jun)