[postlink]https://gustav-javamedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/idul-fitri-news.html[/postlink]Post-Idul Fitri Evictions Planned For Jakarta
For many of the poorer residents of the country’s capital, the joyful euphoria of Idul Fitri will not last for long as the city administration plans to launch an extensive eviction program to clear land for public facilities, an official said on Friday.
“Structures that are in the way of planned railway lines, are under bridges or belong to squatters will be cleared,” said Albert, a public relations employee with the Jakarta administration, adding that the authorities were now in the process of informing those who will be affected by the plan. Albert did not say how many people would be affected.
Warung vendors and illegal settlers in the Bendungan Hilir area of Central Jakarta have said they had received eviction notices from the government, telling them not return to the capital after they go home for Idul Fitri as their structures would be razed on Oct. 3.
The South Jakarta administration is reported to have plans to remove street vendors in 10 subdistricts before Idul Fitri to clear streets in order to improve traffic flow.
Azas Tigor Nainggolan, an urban-poor activist from Forum Warga Kota Jakarta (Fakta), said vendor communities, such as fruit sellers in Pasar Minggu, had approached his group about the eviction notices.
But Azas said such threats and eviction notices were an annual occurrence. “It’s usual for public order officers [Tramtib] to threaten street vendors before the Lebaran holiday.”
Albert said that the evictions were part of Governor Fauzi Bowo’s five-year plan to alleviate the city’s traffic snarls and to tackle flood problems.
When asked about the plan, Fauzi offered a vague response, saying, “those who want to live in Jakarta have to obey the rules and have proper documentation.”
Albert said the various offices and agencies in the city administration would conduct their own operations to obtain land for their programs, either by purchasing private land or evicting illegal settlers from public property.
Though the plan has been in place since 2008, Albert said the eviction process was picking up steam this year to meet deadlines for transportation projects aimed at preventing total gridlock in the city by 2014.
Albert cited the Mass Rapid Transport project that would integrate the city’s current railroad network with newer ones, which were expected to be built by 2011. The city also plans to build more toll roads and bridges.
Agus Subardono, who heads the city’s housing agency, said that he had not heard of any eviction plans before Idul Fitri.
He said that if there were plans to evict people, each municipality or the related agency should coordinate with the housing agency.
“Victims of eviction have the opportunity to be resettled in low-cost apartments,” he said, adding that the prerequisites were that they held Jakarta identity cards and were classified as low-income earners.
Budi Widiantoro, head of the city’s Public Works Agency, in a text message to the Jakarta Globe, could not confirm whether eviction plans related to public infrastructure existed, but said there were certainly no immediate plans to clear squatters from river banks.
Jakarta’s rapid increases in population have been repeatedly blamed for the city’s problems. According to a World Bank report, around 250,000 people migrate to the Greater Jakarta area each year, giving rise to growing squatter communities where people have scant access to government services.
For many of the poorer residents of the country’s capital, the joyful euphoria of Idul Fitri will not last for long as the city administration plans to launch an extensive eviction program to clear land for public facilities, an official said on Friday.
“Structures that are in the way of planned railway lines, are under bridges or belong to squatters will be cleared,” said Albert, a public relations employee with the Jakarta administration, adding that the authorities were now in the process of informing those who will be affected by the plan. Albert did not say how many people would be affected.
Warung vendors and illegal settlers in the Bendungan Hilir area of Central Jakarta have said they had received eviction notices from the government, telling them not return to the capital after they go home for Idul Fitri as their structures would be razed on Oct. 3.
The South Jakarta administration is reported to have plans to remove street vendors in 10 subdistricts before Idul Fitri to clear streets in order to improve traffic flow.
Azas Tigor Nainggolan, an urban-poor activist from Forum Warga Kota Jakarta (Fakta), said vendor communities, such as fruit sellers in Pasar Minggu, had approached his group about the eviction notices.
But Azas said such threats and eviction notices were an annual occurrence. “It’s usual for public order officers [Tramtib] to threaten street vendors before the Lebaran holiday.”
Albert said that the evictions were part of Governor Fauzi Bowo’s five-year plan to alleviate the city’s traffic snarls and to tackle flood problems.
When asked about the plan, Fauzi offered a vague response, saying, “those who want to live in Jakarta have to obey the rules and have proper documentation.”
Albert said the various offices and agencies in the city administration would conduct their own operations to obtain land for their programs, either by purchasing private land or evicting illegal settlers from public property.
Though the plan has been in place since 2008, Albert said the eviction process was picking up steam this year to meet deadlines for transportation projects aimed at preventing total gridlock in the city by 2014.
Albert cited the Mass Rapid Transport project that would integrate the city’s current railroad network with newer ones, which were expected to be built by 2011. The city also plans to build more toll roads and bridges.
Agus Subardono, who heads the city’s housing agency, said that he had not heard of any eviction plans before Idul Fitri.
He said that if there were plans to evict people, each municipality or the related agency should coordinate with the housing agency.
“Victims of eviction have the opportunity to be resettled in low-cost apartments,” he said, adding that the prerequisites were that they held Jakarta identity cards and were classified as low-income earners.
Budi Widiantoro, head of the city’s Public Works Agency, in a text message to the Jakarta Globe, could not confirm whether eviction plans related to public infrastructure existed, but said there were certainly no immediate plans to clear squatters from river banks.
Jakarta’s rapid increases in population have been repeatedly blamed for the city’s problems. According to a World Bank report, around 250,000 people migrate to the Greater Jakarta area each year, giving rise to growing squatter communities where people have scant access to government services.
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