Red Land Polemic Next To Pertamina Plumpang Depot, Mr. RW: 90 Percent Of Residents Have Land Certificates

Residents Of Tanah Merah Plumpang, North Jakarta/ Photo: Jehan/VOI

JAKARTA Residents' houses in Tanah Merah, Plumpang, North Jakarta are referred to as Pertamina's buffer zone area. However, it turns out that this area was actually built by residents' housing. In fact, it is reported that hundreds of people living in Tanah Merah, are said to have certificates.

The head of RW01, Rawa Badak Selatan Village, Bambang Setiono, revealed that the houses of residents in his area are usually certified or have land legality rights.

"In us 90 percent have been certified," said Setiono when confirmed, Tuesday, March 7.

However, he admitted that there are still some who only have a Sale and Purchase Deed (AJB). And now they are taking care of the land ownership documents.

"10 percent is in process. For 10 percent of AJB, the sale and purchase certificate is only up to RT, RW Camat," he concluded.

Unlike the Head of Rawa Badak Selatan Village, Koja, North Jakarta, Suhaena. He said that in the Tanah Merah area which was affected by the Pertamina Depot fire, Plumpang, Koja, North Jakarta, on average only building permits (IMB).

He explained that the Tanah Merah area was only legal to stay. However, people do not have an IMB for land ownership.

"Yes, if that's the area, IMB. So just to acknowledge the building, but not for land," Suhaena told reporters, Sunday, March 5.

IMB Polemic In Tanah Merah

The PDIP and PSI factions of the DKI Jakarta DPRD said that the former Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, was also guilty of the impact of the fire on residential areas in the Lower Red Land, Rawabadak Selatan, North Jakarta which spread from the Pertamina Plumpang Depot. PDIP faction member of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Gilbert Simanjuntak said that since the beginning of the land in the Lower Red Land, residents should not build settlements. However, during the 2017 DKI Pilgub campaign, Anies made a promise to residents who had settled in the Red Land. Anies admitted that he would legalize land ownership there. Basuki Tjahajaja Purnama (Ahok) when he was still the Governor of DKI in 2016 had warned Anies not to carelessly issue his political promises. Especially in the Red Land, Ahok at that time emphasized that the area was a buffer zone on Pertamina's land. There is a threatening danger if residents set up settlements there. However, Anies did not heed Ahok's warning. In 2021, Anies issued a temporary building permit (IMB) in Tanah Merah as a solution so that local residents get their basic rights, namely water and electricity. "Since the beginning it was known that the Pertamina Plumpang Depot cannot be occupied with a certain distance. The land belongs to PT Pertamina occupied by residents, but by Anies while serving as Governor was given the IMB, which clearly contradicts the regulations," Gilbert said on Sunday, March 5.