If Not Added, The DKI Provincial Government Predicts That The Tomb Land In Jakarta Will Be Full For The Next 3 Years

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JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta City Parks and Forests Service (Distamhut) Fajar Sauri confirmed that the capacity of the Jakarta cemetery area is running low.

In fact, the prediction is that in the next 3 years Jakarta will no longer have a burial ground if there is no increase in the number of plots and expansion of public cemeteries (TPU).

"There are 118,348 plots of land available, which if the average service is 100 bodies per day, the land is available for the next 3 years," Fajar told reporters, Wednesday, October 22.

Fajar explained, Jakarta has 80 TPUs spread across 5 cities. Unfortunately, 69 TPUs are full and only receive overlapping grave services that are usually carried out in one family. According to him, this is quite effective as a solution to the lack of land for tombs.

So, now there are 11 TPUs that are still serving new funerals. In East Jakarta, they are located at the Rawa Terate TPU, Cipayung TPU, Cilangkap TPU, Apus bamboo TPU, and Cipinang Besar TPU.

Then, North Jakarta was at the Rorotan TPU. Then, South Jakarta at the Tanah Kusir TPU, Srengseng Sawah TPU, and Kampung Kandang TPU. West Jakarta at the Tegal Alur TPU, as well as the Complaint TPU.

"For a 65 hectares of Allotment TPU, it is still necessary to back down or maturate the land," said Fajar.

Furthermore, Fajar admitted that there were obstacles from the DKI Provincial Government to add TPU in Jakarta. "There are frequent obstacles in adding land, namely the residents' rejection of the existence of grave land," said Fajar.

Responding to the full burial ground in a number of TPUs, DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung admitted that he was preparing a number of options to overcome it.

Pramono said the issue of limited burial land in the capital city has become a serious concern, considering the narrower land in the Jakarta area.

"For public cemeteries, this is now a problem and is currently being studied," said Pramono in Central Jakarta, Tuesday, October 21.

Pramono admitted that he received several options, ranging from the construction of graded tombs to the addition of TPU belonging to the DKI Provincial Government outside the city.

"There are proposals, but it has not become a decision, whether it is allowed to do what, graded and this has been proposed. And some propose to make a funeral outside Jakarta," said Pramono.