Mayor orders demolition

Mayor orders demolition

JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta mayor, Sutardjianto, has ordered about 1,500 families living along the railway tracks between Duri station and Tangerang station to demolish their houses to make way for the construction of double tracks connecting the two stations.

Sutardjianto told Kompas that he had issued a special decree that the dwellers pull down their semi-permanent houses as soon as possible.

He said he had set March 14 as the deadline.

"If they have failed to demolish the houses by the deadline, I will send officials from the city public order office to tear the houses down," Sutardjianto said, adding that the land belongs to the state railway company. (bas)