Trenggono's Subordinates Ensure The Existence Of Concrete Fences In Cilincing Waters Does Not Violate The Rules

Director General of Supervision of Marine and Fishery Resources (PSDKP) KKP Pung Nugroho Saksono or Ipunk. Photo: Doc. VOI

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) ensures that the existence of a concrete fence on the coast of Cilincing, North Jakarta, does not violate the rules.

The Director General of Marine and Fishery Resources Supervision (PSDKP) of the KKP Pung Nugroho Saksono or Ipunk said that the construction of the concrete embankment, which is a reclamation project of PT Karya Citra Nusantara (KCN), has obtained an official permit in the form of approval for the suitability of sea space utilization activities (PKKPRL).

"That's for the port pool, so that it breaks water if I'm not mistaken. So, it's not going anywhere, it's. He has a port area and we saw that there was a PKKPRL limit yesterday. Try to explain, he is still in it, when the line is right," said Ipunk to reporters at the KKP office, Jakarta, Monday, September 15.

According to Ipunk, when he issued the PKKPRL permit, his party had conducted a study related to the environmental impact analysis aspect, aka Amdal.

"It must have been (a study was carried out), the KKP was impossible (to issue a permit) without an amdal. On the one hand, right, it was from 2004 the implementation. Right, it was built for ports, investigating ponds," he said.

Later, said Ipunk, the construction of the concrete embankment for the port will be used by public services which are believed to be able to increase the country's foreign exchange.

"Well, the port pool itself will be for the country's foreign exchange, that's for public and public services, not individual property. (0:49) In fact, the DKI Regional Government is also involved in the construction," said Ipunk.

To note, the concrete fence is a embankment built by PT Karya Citra Nusantara (KCN), a port business entity that operates a public terminal at Marunda Port, North Jakarta.

PT KCN is a joint venture between PT KBN (BUMN) with a share proportion of 15 percent and PT KTU (private) of 85 percent. A total of 25.85 percent of PT KBN is also owned by the DKI Provincial Government.

Previously, social media was shocked by the existence of a concrete embankment in the coastal area of Cilincing, North Jakarta. The existence of the embankment was recorded in a video uploaded to the Instagram account @cilinginfo.

The video was recorded by a fisherman from the boat. You can see concrete with a length of 2-3 kilometers which seems to divide the waters on the north coast of Jakarta. The fisherman revealed that he had to go long to get to the ocean in order to find fish.

"The concrete embankment on the Cilincing Coast makes it difficult for coastal fishermen to pass. There are approximately 2-3 kilometers long. Initially, it was difficult for fishermen to find fish because they had to turn far away from the concrete embankment," said a fisherman in the video.