Eighty graves to be relocated

Eighty graves to be relocated

JAKARTA (JP): In this rapidly-developing city of about 10
million people, even the dead have to make way for development.

The construction of a drinking water facility in the Karet
Bivak public cemetery in Pejompongan, Central Jakarta, will
require the removal of the remains in 80 graves.

The remains will be removed to the Srengseng cemetery in South
Jakarta from July 3 through 10, chief of the city cemetery agency
Syafril Zainuddin said on Wednesday.

Syafril asked relatives of the deceased to contact the agency
between June 29 and 30 for coordination. They are required to
present the burial documents of their kin.

"The relatives will not be charged a single rupiah for the
scheme," he assured. (32)