A Number Of TPUs In Jakarta Are Full, Pramono Considers Cemeteries Up To New Land Outside Jakarta

DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung/DOK BETWEEN/Lifia Mawaddah Putri.

JAKARTA - A number of public cemeteries (TPU) in Jakarta, especially South Jakarta, are now reported to be full. Responding to this, DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung admitted that he was preparing a number of options to overcome it.

Pramono said the issue of limited burial land in the capital city has become a serious concern, considering the narrower land in the Jakarta area.

"For public cemeteries, this is now a problem and is currently being studied," said Pramono in Central Jakarta, Tuesday, October 21.

Pramono admitted that he received several options, ranging from the construction of graded tombs to the addition of TPU belonging to the DKI Provincial Government outside the city.

"There are proposals, but it has not become a decision, whether it is allowed to do what, graded and this has been proposed. And some propose to make a funeral outside Jakarta," said Pramono.

Pramono emphasized that the decision regarding the model and location of the new burial will be determined in the near future after going through technical and administrative studies.

"Now we are thinking about it, I will decide soon," said Pramono.