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Burned down Senen Market to be revitalized, integrated with apartments
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Traders salvage their goods from their kiosks affected by a fire at Senen Market in Central Jakarta on Jan. 19. (JP/P. J. Leo)
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fter being neglected for about eight months, the Jakarta administration has planned to revitalize the burned down section of Senen Market in Central Jakarta.
City-owned developer PT Pembangunan Jaya will be in charge of the revitalization project this year with Rp 116.9 billion (US$8.7 million) in funds.
Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat said recently that the market, once rebuilt, would be integrated with apartment blocks. “The location is very strategic, close to a bus station and a train station. Therefore, we will integrate the market with apartments,” he said at City Hall on Friday as quoted by kompas.com.
In the early hours of Jan. 19, a fire began on the first floor of the market and spread to the market’s blocks I and II. It took more than 500 firefighters from across the city to help put out the fire. They worked for almost 24 hours to completely extinguish the fire.
No casualties were reported in the incident, but more than 1,000 kiosks in both blocks burned down. (vny)
