Over 90 buildings to be demolished

JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta mayoralty has ordered the demolition of 92 buildings, which are in violation of the government's regulation on city development.

Chief of the mayoralty's development supervision agency Adi Sarnadi, said yesterday that the crackdown on unlawful buildings was part of the administration's drive to enforce discipline.

Adi said that the mayoralty has reprimanded the management of 30 development projects for such violations as storing their building materials in the road causing traffic congestion.

The mayoralty has sent letters to all developers in the city to help maintain cleanliness at their project sites. It also plans to embark on a judicial operation next week, in which people disturbing public order will be tried on the spot.

"Projects found to be violating any laws may have their permits revoked," he said.

This month the mayoralty has issued warnings to 110 owners of houses and torn down 13 for various violations. This year, it has demolished a total of 48 buildings.

Among those demolished were brothels in the Kamal Barat subdistrict. Six buildings in the red-light district were leveled to the ground on Monday.(29)