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View all search resultsTensions over Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem have stoked daily confrontations. Washington said Saturday it was "deeply concerned" and wanted "authorities to approach the residents ... with compassion and respect".
Almost one billion people around the world fear losing their homes or land within five years, with owners and tenants in Burkina Faso and the Philippines the most concerned, a survey of 140 nations showed on Wednesday.
A lack of financing and the country’s age-old issues with land acquisition have delayed the development of the government’s strategic toll road projects, namely the 2,800-km trans-Sumatra toll road and the 62 km Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumdawu) toll road in West Java.
Three state-owned construction companies, PT Waskita Karya, PT Hutama Karya and PT Wijaya Karya, are seeking repayments from the government for Rp 5.6 trillion (US$390.9 million) in accumulated land acquisition expenses for infrastructure projects.
The Finance Ministry’s State Asset Management Agency (LMAN) has reimbursed Rp 53.3 trillion (US$3.76 billion) owed to state-owned companies for land acquisition in 77 strategic national projects, including toll roads and irrigation systems, as of June 24.
In East Kalimantan, for example, coastal areas that are designated for fisherfolk amounted to 25.2 hectares for 137,553 families. Meanwhile, mining operations in the province cover 46,758 ha, according to Kiara’s report.
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