Over 90 buildings to be demolished

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)