Punishment for developers urged
Punishment for developers urged
JAKARTA (JP): Councilors urged the city administration
yesterday to take firm action against developers building houses
without building permits.
Saud Rachman, member of the Council's Commission D in charge
of development affairs, told reporters that the city
administration should demolish such houses.
"The regulation says that the city administration will
demolish any house built without a building permits. I think the
city building and supervision office should be consistent and
demolish those houses," Saud said.
He added that the regulation was issued to control houses
building. "The rule should be consistently implemented for
without any exception."
Saud said if the city building and supervision office does not
punish delinquent developers, only the poor will be affected by
the regulation.
Ratih Ratna Purnami, also a member of the commission,
concurred with Saud, saying that the city administration should
punish such developers to deter the others from doing the same.
"It is time to make the developers understand that the city
administration can take firm action against them, putting an end
to the recent cases of developers harassing the city
administration," Ratih said, referring to cases of certain
developers that have failed to provide public and social
facilities as required.
No permits
A local newspaper reported that hundreds of luxury houses
built by PT Palm Estate in Pondok Kelapa subdistrict in East
Jakarta have yet to obtain the necessary building permits.
The real estate complex is built on a site belonging to PT
Sarana Jaya, a city-owned housing company that plans to build 200
luxury houses.
Pelita daily quoted the supervisor of the project as saying
that obtaining building permits is not the developer's business.
"It is PT Sarana Jaya's business."
"As a city-owned company, PT Sarana Jaya should have known
better and not violated the regulation," Saud commented.
He said the company should have set a good example for other
developers to follow suit.
"However, it doesn't matter if it is a city-owned company or
not, the regulation should be obeyed," he said.(yns)