Hundreds Of Illegal Buildings Around The Railway Line From Angke Station To Kampung Bandan Are Demolished

PHOTO: PR of PT KAI

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Daop 1 demolished illegal buildings around the railway line from Angke Station to Kampung Bandan Station.

Head of Public Relations of PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta Eva Chairunisa said, controlling illegal buildings was carried out for the safety and smoothness of train travel.

"PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta is controlling illegal buildings around the railway line between Angke Station and Kampung Bandan Station with a distance of 4.1 kilometers," Eva said in a statement, Friday, February 11.

Eva said that there were 137 buildings in order, with the majority being non-permanent buildings. Control is carried out by cooperating with local regional and internal elements of KAI as many as 200 personnel.

KAI uses the extraordinary train (KLB) with a series of 20 flat carriages to transport debris and garbage on site to be taken to landfills.

Eva emphasized that PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta had provided socialization to building occupants to vacate the location.

Eva also appealed to the public not to carry out activities or build buildings around the railway line because it could endanger the train journey.

As is known, Law Number 23 of 2007 concerning Railways, Article 178 which states that everyone is prohibited from constructing buildings, constructing walls, fences, embankments, other buildings, planting tall tree species, or placing goods on railway lines that may interfere with free view and jeopardize the safety of rail travel.

"PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta also invites people who live close to the railway line to participate in maintaining cleanliness and not throwing garbage into the railway line," he said.

Previously, at the end of 2021, PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta had also demolished illegal buildings on the railway line between Tanah Abang-Duri Station and Pasarsenen-Gangsentiong Station.