For The Sake Of TOD, The Trees In Fatmawati Were Forced To Be Sacrificed For Road Widening

Photo via Antara

JAKARTA - Dozens of trees on Jalan Fatmawati Raya Hospital, Cilandak, South Jakarta, will be cut down for road widening. This was carried out as a follow-up to the arrangement of the Fatmawati-Lebak Bulus "Transit Oriented Development" (TOD) area. Quoted from Antara, there was a banner containing an announcement that tree felling would be affected by road widening in the area. At least 20 trees of various diameters with banners will be cut down along the road. The head of the South Jakarta Highways Sub-department, Heru Suwondo when confirmed, Thursday said that the arrangement of the trees is the work of the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Service. just go to the office," he said, Thursday, January 13.

One of the local residents, Hendra when met at the location, said that the installation of banners and sticking of tree cutting announcements was carried out on Monday (10/1) morning. realized.

According to him, at the time of attaching the sign, seven officers took part in measuring the trunk of the tree to be cut. "In 2014 it was marked with paint, but it was not cut down. That's why I was surprised too, why it didn't get cut down," said Hendra. .