Relocation Of Rempang Residents To Flats, Batam City Government Prepares Buses To Trucks

Demonstrations by Rempang residents in front of the BP Batam office rejected the eviction of the Rempang Eco City project which ended in chaos on Monday 11 September. (ANTARA-Yude)

KEPRI - Batam City Government (Pemkot) has prepared a transportation fleet to help residents of Pulau Rempang who have been relocated to the flats that have been prepared.

Head of the Batam City Communication and Information Office, Rudy Panjaitan, said a number of transportation fleets were prepared, namely trucks to buses with large capacities.

His party also provides school buses to transport school students affected by the relocation.

"Relocation of residents will use trucks to lift their belongings, then there will also be a large bus, the mechanism is right," said Rudy in Batam, Thursday, September 14, which was confiscated by Antara.

He added that facilities in the flats were already available, such as smooth electricity and water. "The flats have been used to leasing so far," he said.

Residents of Rempang who were relocated to the flats, he said, were only temporarily waiting for the new housing prepared by BP Batam to be completed.

"For example, 5 to 12 months of construction process. The important thing is to move it, if the house is still completed, it will be built. The government guarantees the comfort of residents while in temporary place," he said.

As previously reported, the Batam City Government has prepared three flats or around 202 rooms for temporary relocation for residents of Rempang.

In addition to the Batam City Government flats, he said, there were several other flats prepared, namely the Batam BP Flats (five flats), the Jamsostek Flats (three flats), as well as shop houses and housing.

"There are three flat locations that have been prepared and have been submitted to the team. They are in the Kabil, Tanjung Uncang areas, and now all equipment has been mapped there," said Rudy.