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Government revokes construction ban for islets C and D
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Construction is under way on reclaimed land in the Jakarta Bay in December 2015. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
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he Environment and Forestry Ministry has revoked a ban on the construction of islets C and D in the Jakarta Bay by PT Kapuk Naga Indah (KNI), a subsidiary of property giant Agung Sedayu Group.
Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya said in Jakarta on Wednesday that the company had fulfilled all the requirements for the continuation of the islets’ construction.
The construction project was halted in July last year after a team had found a number of problems in the construction process.
“The developer has detailed the [environmental] impact of the project in a 45-page report. It needed 14 months to improve the document,” said Siti, adding that the revocation had been discussed in a meeting chaired by Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan on Wednesday.
Some people considered it a moratorium, but Siti said it was only an administrative punishment.
Siti said PT KNI had implemented 11 points before the government finally allowed it to continue the project.
They include the improvement of the environment document, cancelling the construction of Islet E, reporting the source of sand used for land reclamation and separating islets C and D.
“The developer has provided us with detailed data on the sources of sand and other materials,” said Siti, as reported by tempo.co, adding that an official letter on the revocation would be sent to the Jakarta administration next week. (bbn)
