Housing complex needs reviewing

Housing complex needs reviewing

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta administration has been urged to
review the construction of a housing complex located near the
Dolog Jaya Kelapa Gading rice barns.

"The distance between the housing complex and the barns is
very close. We are worried that residents will be affected by
skin irritations caused by rice fleas," city councilor Hasan Dasy
said as he and several other councilors made a site inspection of
the warehouses.

He said the Dolog barns were built in the early 1970s when the
surrounding areas were still marshy and filled with rice fields.

The rapid pace of housing construction has caused the
warehouses to be surrounded by housing complexes.

Hasan said it was unlikely the warehouses could be relocated
because the barns store rice for Armed Forces members and civil
servants. (bas)