Residents near dump get insurance

Residents near dump get insurance

BEKASI: Deputy mayor Mochtar Mohamad said on Monday the
municipality administration was providing life insurance for at
least 5,163 residents of the villages of Ciketing Udik, Cikiwul
and Sumur Batu, all of which are near the Bantar Gebang dump.

The insurance program is being run in collaboration with state
traffic insurance company PT Jasa Raharja.

"The administration will finance all costs of the scheme,"
Mochtar was quoted as saying by Antara.

He said the administration was also cooperating with Bank
Jabar to provide funding for 200 residents from the three
villages who want to work as ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers.

Earlier this month, Mochtar awarded scholarships to students
of poor families during an event attended by President Megawati
Soekarnoputri's husband Taufik Kiemas.

Some Bekasi councillors and the local Elections Supervisory
Committee hinted that the event was an early campaign appearance
for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, which Taufik and
Mochtar both belong to. -- JP