Targeting To Eliminate Slum Areas To Less Than 90 Hectares 2022, Yogyakarta City Government Admits The Budget Doesn't Suck Up The Regional Budget

The residence on the banks of the Winongo River, Tegalrejo, Yogyakarta, is included in the arrangement of the slum area. (ANTARA-Eka AR)

DIY - Yogyakarta City Government continues to work on handling slum areas in the city, which is expected to be less than 90 hectares by the end of 2022.

"Currently, the remaining slum areas are still in the range of 90 hectares and at the end of the year we will do a re-calculation so that it is hoped that it can reduce the current slum area," said Head of the Housing and Settlement Division of the Yogyakarta City Housing and Settlement Service Office, Sigit Setiawan. in Yogyakarta, quoted from Antara, Friday 5 August.

According to him, the reduction of slum areas is carried out by structuring various sectors which have been indicators of slum areas. Handling can be done per indicator or integrated handling of various indicators in an area.

In early 2021, the area of the slum area in Yogyakarta City remains around 114 hectares and through various structuring programs it can be reduced by around 20 hectares.

However, Sigit continued, the handling of slum areas in the 2022 budget year is only carried out through the Yogyakarta City Budget.

"This year, absolutely no funds from the APBN have come in for the handling or structuring of slum areas, even though it has been proposed but has not been approved by the center," he said.

The arrangement of slum areas funded by the Yogyakarta City Budget is carried out on an regional scale in Sambirejo Village, Prenggan Village.

"Because the nature of the arrangement carried out is completion, it will not have an effect on reducing the area of slum areas," he said.

However, Sigit continued, Yogyakarta City DPUPKP will conduct a recount at the end of the year based on indicators of slum areas, one of which is waste management.

“There are several waste management works carried out this year and can be part of reducing slum areas. Usually we build sewers so that no waste enters the drainage or is dumped directly into the river,” he said.

Some of the locations for structuring the sewers are in Klitren and Karangwaru villages.

In addition, he continued, there are also some work on structuring or building environmental roads so that they can reduce the indicator value of slum areas and reduce the area of slum areas.

In 2023, various slum area arrangements will be proposed through the Yogyakarta City Budget, including continuing the arrangement of slum settlements in Pakuncen which is on the banks of the Winongo River, in Klitren and Sorosutan Villages, both of which are on the banks of the Manunggal River.