Houses for pedicab drivers

Houses for pedicab drivers

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The local government is keeping its promise to help the poor, building 50 houses which it will offer to pedicab drivers without dawn-payment.

Musi Banyuasin regent Arifin Djalil said here on Thursday that the project was part of the government's efforts to get rid of slums.

He said the initiative to provide simple houses to pedicab drivers was designed to coincide with the golden anniversary of Indonesian independence on Aug. 17.

He said the government would build more low-cost houses, each costing Rp 5 million (US$2,200), on a 1.5 hectare plot of land in the same suburb.

He said local land developers would be required to contribute to the project. (rms)