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he Jakarta administration plans to build an environmentally friendly grand mosque in Daan Mogot, West Jakarta.

Jakarta Housing and Administration Building Agency head Ika Lestari Adji said on Friday that the mosque would be built near low-cost apartment towers in the area.

“The green concept is a national pilot project. The area will also be made a green zone,” she said as quoted by beritajakarta.com.

The mosque’s eco-design concept includes everything from the material to the design, Ika said, adding that it would also have an independent waste management system.

The construction of the mosque is expected to be complete by October 2016. “We have secured a 17.6-hectare land plot, and plan to feature Betawi ornamentation as its dominant design characteristic,” she said.

Ika said the mosque would be the manifestation of the city administration’s vision to fight global warming. The design and the construction will be carried out by several companies through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.