Govt to resettle fire victims

Govt to resettle fire victims

JAKARTA: Central Jakarta Mayor Hosea Petra Lumbun offered alternative sites for low-cost apartments to resettle hundreds of residents of Kebon Melati, whose houses were gutted by fire last week.

"We could build the apartments here, but the land belongs to state railway operator PT KAI. If the company refuses to provide the land, then we have alternative sites in mind, in West Jakarta, East Jakarta and North Jakarta," he was quoted as saying by Detikcom news portal on Monday, while visiting the victims.

At least 1,170 residents of the densely populated Kebon Melati subdistrict are now staying in makeshift shelters in the area. -- JP