Acting Regent Of Bogor Deploys Satpol PP If PT Jaswita Hasn't Unloaded Unlicensed Buildings At Peak Tourism

Acting Regent of Bogor Asmawa Tosepu inspects unlicensed buildings in the Puncak tourist area, Bogor Regency, West Java, Friday (09/08/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Humas Bogor Regency Government)

BOGOR - Acting (Pj) Bogor Regent Asmawa Tosepu requested that unlicensed buildings in the Puncak tourist area, Bogor Regency be demolished independently. This was conveyed by Asmawa during a surprise inspection (sidak) of vehicle buildings belonging to PT Jasa and Tourism or Jaswita. He said, from several rides at tourist attractions located in the Gunung Mas tea plantation area, not all of them had permits. "We gave PT Jaswita the opportunity to demolish buildings that were not licensed independently," Asmawa said as quoted by Antara, Friday, August 9. However, if up to an undetermined time limit PT Jaswita does not dismantle independently, the Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab) will deploy a Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) to carry out control. "If Jaswita does not dismantle the building until the stipulated time limit, it will be executed by the regional government," he said. The Bogor Regency Government targets that the control of phase II of the Puncak area can be realized no later than August 25, 2024 or before the 2024 Pilkada. The Bogor Regency Government is currently trying to organize the Puncak tourist area, starting with the transfer of street vendors to the Gunung Mas Rest Area on Monday (24/7). In controlling this merchant stall, the Bogor Regency Government razed 329 buildings along the Puncak Line, consisting of 185 buildings from Gantole to the Gunung Mas Rest Area, and 144 buildings from the Taman Safari Indonesia Intersection to the Gunung Mas Rest Area. The Bogor Regency Government also ensures that the economy of street vendors or street vendors in the Tourism Area will be better after moving to the Gunung Mas Rest Area. The construction of a rest area on an area of 7 hectares belonging to PT Perkebunan Nusantara has been carried out since 2020-2021.

The Gunung Mas Rest Area has a capacity of 516 kiosks consisting of 100 stalls for wet traders such as vegetables and fruit, as well as 416 kiosks for dry traders such as souvenirs and snacks. Each kiosk has an area of 11 square meters, both wet and dry.