Satpol PP Finds Electricity Meters at the Location of Illegal Buildings Around the Interchange Toll Gate

The electricity meter found by Karawang Satpol PP/ Photo: ANTARA

Karawang - The Karawang Regency Police Unit, West Java, found a PLN electricity meter kWh at the location of a wild building that had been disciplined along the access to the toll gate, the Karawang Barat Interchange road.

"The kWh electricity meter was found to be installed on a tree and a utility cable network pole," said Head of Opsdal Section of Satpol PP Karawang, Tata Suparta, as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, 21 November.

The type of kWh electricity meter installed is prepaid and there are also postpaid ones.

Previously, for the past few months, Satpol PP together with the TNI and Polri ranks had carried out a crackdown on hundreds of illegal buildings that stood on the side of the Karawang Barat Interchange road.

This is done as an effort to arrange strategic areas, restore the function of land owned by Jasa Marga, and increase the beauty of the city.

Furthermore, after the crackdown, Karawang Satpol PP personnel carried out regular surveillance to anticipate the possibility of the construction of illegal buildings.

This activity is part of the enforcement of Karawang Regulation Number 10/2020, to maintain order, safety, and regularity in the use of public spaces.

In the supervision it was found that there was a PLN electricity kWh meter at the location of the former illegal building which had been demolished. Generally, the electricity kWh meter is installed on the trunk of trees and the pole of the aerial cable network.

Due to this condition, the Karawang Satpol PP then carried out data collection and enforcement against the installation of electricity kWh that does not comply with the provisions.

According to him, the installation of electrical installations in buildings that do not have permits or in locations that are not intended for them has the potential to cause safety hazards, disrupt public order, and violate applicable regulations.

In addition to conducting a census of kWh of electricity meters at illegal building locations, Satpol PP Karawang also coordinated with PLN.