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View all search results64 Kampung Pulo households move to apartments
As many as 64 families from Kampung Pulo, a flood-prone area in East Jakarta, are now occupying the low-cost apartments prepared by the Jakarta city administration, although the residents are still struggling to get compensation for their property, which was affected by the flood mitigation project
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s many as 64 families from Kampung Pulo, a flood-prone area in East Jakarta, are now occupying the low-cost apartments prepared by the Jakarta city administration, although the residents are still struggling to get compensation for their property, which was affected by the flood mitigation project.
'The families of Kampung Pulo that have moved to the low-cost apartments have reached 64 or about 180 people,' said Muhammad Haris, head of Community Unit (RW1), Kampung Melayu subdistrict, on Tuesday, adding that the figure covera nearly all residents in RW1.
There are more than 1,500 households or some 3,400 people that occupy a number of community units in Kampung Pulo, which is frequently affected by flooding because it is located on the bank of the Ciliwung River. It was the first area affected by the flood when the rainy season came. The city administration plans to expand the capacity of the river.
The administration has issued warning letters to Kampung Pulo residents to immediately move to Jatinegara low-cost apartments, about 2 kilometers away from their current location.
According to Haris, even the residents who were relocated to the apartments would seek justice in the court to demand compensation for their properties, particularly their buildings, many of which were allegedly built illegally on state land.
'We take the offer of relocation and if the court agrees with our demand, the city administration has to pay compensation to us,' said Haris.
Among those who have been relocated is Wina and her mother, Neni. Wina said that her family was fed up with the flooding that affected her house in Kampung Pulo every rainy season. 'I have been here a week. The place is much better and of course healthier,' Wina was quoted by beritajakarta.com as saying on Tuesday.(bbn)(+++)
