DPRD Called The Housing Development Of The Aquarium Village In Violation Of The RDTR Regional Regulation

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (Photo: DKI Jakarta Public Relations)

JAKARTA - Housing construction in Kampung Akuarium, Penjaringan, North Jakarta is considered to have violated the rules. This is because this program has not been included in the DKI Regional Regulation Number 1 of 2014 concerning Detailed Spatial Planning (RDTR) and Zoning.

"The development violates the rules of the RDTR Regional Regulation. For us, Mr. Anies wants to do whatever it takes to increase the program but do not conflict with the rules," said DKI DPRD Commission A Member Gembong Warsono when contacted, Tuesday, August 18.

Gembong said, the location of Kampung Akuarium in the RDTR and Zoning Regulations is a red zone. This means, said Gembong, that the location cannot be used for residential areas.

"The red zone is allotted for the government. Tell it like the sub-district office can, the sub-district office can. But not for residential areas. If we are not alone, who should obey the Perda," said Gembong.

Gembong understands that the construction of residents' houses in Kampung Akuarium was included in the promise of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan during the 2017 Pilgub campaign.

However, according to Gembong, Anies could not use the pretext of making the people prosperous by building settlements on land that was not his intended use.

"I mean, not because you fulfill your campaign promise, then breaking the rules is not good. If Mr. Anies argues that he wants to raise the dignity of the residents of Jakarta Kampung Akuarium to be raised into proper housing for them, that's not the place," he explained.

Previously, Kampung Akuarium was known as one of the slum areas on the north coast of Jakarta. This area was evicted by Basuki Tjahja Purnama alias Ahok when he was Governor of DKI Jakarta.

The reason was that Ahok wanted to build a sheetpile in the area, near the Baharai Museum and Fish Market. In addition, Ahok also had to build a dike to prevent seawater.

In April 2016, Ahok began to evict the area. However, in the process, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government discovered a Dutch heritage fortress. Seeing that, Ahok has the desire to restore this cultural heritage.

Ahok's initial plan, which wanted to rearrange the Kampung Akuarium area, was hampered by the discovery of the Dutch heritage fort. The project was neglected, even though some residents had been relocated to Marunda and Rawa Bebek flats.

However, residents returned after Anies Baswedan promised to rebuild a permanent house in Kampung Akuarium. This promise was made by the former minister of education during the 2017 DKI Jakarta Regional Election campaign.

January 2018, Anies fulfilled his promise by building three shelter blocks for the residents of Kampung Akuarium. The building was completed four months later.

After building the shelter, Anies continued by building a more permanent shelter under the slum management program.

Acting Head of the Housing and Settlement Area Service, Sarjoko, said that the arrangement of this village cost Rp. 62 billion. Sarjoko said that the construction costs came from PT Almaron's (private) developer liability fund. The development of this village uses a conversion scheme by the holders of space utilization permits.

"This is the developer's obligation, the budget is approximately Rp. 62 billion. Later we will calculate whether the need for the block (flats) can be met with these funds," said Sarjoko.

The residential development with the concept of four-level flats has 5 blocks. In total, there are 240 housing units with a type of 27 square meters per unit of the 10 hectare land.

"The numbers of each unit are not the same, there are two typical, two blocks of 50 units, two blocks of 48 units typical. Then one of the blocks at the end is approximately 33 units," said Sarjoko.