Developer neglects to provide cemetery

Developer neglects to provide cemetery

TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The developer of Bukit Cikasungka
housing complex in Tangerang, PT Panca Wiratama Sakti, has not
complied with the regulation to provide residents with a
cemetery, Regent Saifullah AR said.

Saifullah made the remark in connection with the residents'
protest a week ago over the developer's negligence.

"According to the instructions of the Ministry of Public
Housing and Ministry of Home Affairs, it is the responsibility of
a developer, not the local authority, to provide the housing
complex's residents with a public cemetery," he said.

"Besides, every company which develops a housing complex on
more than 100 hectares of land is required to provide a public
cemetery. PT Panca Wiratama Sakti has developed Bukit Cikasungka,
a 200-hectare housing complex in Tigaraksa, Tangerang," he added.

Roy Husada, an official of the developer, blamed the local
authority for not yet determining the site for a cemetery in the
regency's master plan.

The question over the public cemetery surfaced a week ago when
one of the complex's residents died. The nearby kampong's
residents objected when relatives of the deceased tried to bury
the body in the kampong's public cemetery, saying it was the
developer's duty to provide a cemetery in the complex. (18/26)