More vendors to be evicted

More vendors to be evicted

JAKARTA: Thousands of street vendors will be evicted from Jl.
Fachrudin near the Tanah Abang market, Central Jakarta public
order office head Frans Hodden Silalahi on Saturday.

"Starting Sunday (Apr. 10), street vendors will be prohibited
from operating on Jl. Fachrudin. We will return the area's
function to that of a pedestrian pavement," he was quoted as
saying by the Beritajakarta.com news website.

Central Jakarta deputy mayor Dadang Effendi said about 1,200
street vendors had businesses on the road blocking pavements and
road shoulders, hindering access to motor traffic.

He said motorists had often complained about traffic
congestion along the road from the Jl. Fachrudin-Jl. Wahid Hasyim
intersection to the Millennium Hotel.

About 300 public order officers would be deployed to the area,
Dadang said. --JP