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City to include kampungs in urban planning
The Jakarta Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded 445 community units (RW) in the city categorized as slums.
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Residents of Kampung Akuarium, Penjaringan, North Jakarta hold a gathering to commemorate their eviction day in April 2016 on Saturday. Residents, who are now accommodated in shelters, wish the city administration can develop their residential soon.
(JP/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
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he Jakarta administration has vowed to consider urban kampungs in city planning, aiming to “improve” the quality of life in slum areas.
According to the Jakarta Statistics Agency (BPS), the capital has 445 community units (RW) that are categorized as slums. The figure comprises 15 RWs categorized as heavy, 99 moderate, 205 light and 126 very light.
A majority are located in Central Jakarta, followed by South Jakarta, West Jakarta and North Jakarta.
Meanwhile, according to the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry and National Land Agency, 118 out of 267 subdistricts in Jakarta have slums.
To improve the quality of life in slum areas, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan introduced a series of arrangement program, including the Community Action Plan (CAP), the Collaborative Implementation Program (CIP) and the Monitoring Evaluation Program, to give residents the opportunity to confer with the administration in finding solutions to their housing issues.
Anies has instructed the Jakarta Housing and Settlement Agency to focus on the arrangement of 200 RWs and 21 kampungs from 2018 until 2021.
The agency’s technical planning head, Rommel Pasaribu, told The Jakarta Post after a seminar titled Reviving Urban Commons as part of the 2019 Jakarta Urban Kampung Conference held at City Hall on Monday that the program’s major obstacle was the legality of the land on which the slums stand.
