DKI Provincial Government Wants To Buy 500 Hectares Of Land In Rorotan For Reserve Land, What For?

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government plans to procure 500 hectares of land in the Rorotan area, North Jakarta.

This is stated in Governor Regulation Number 31 of 2022 concerning Detailed Spatial Planning for Regional Planning (RDTR-WP) before Regional Regulation Number 1 of 2014 concerning RDTR and Zoning Regulations are revoked.

The Head of DKI Cipta Karya, Spatial Planning, and Land Affairs Heru Hermawanto said that the land planning in the Rorotan area would be used as land reserves or land banking.

"The threshold zone in the Rorotan area is called land banking. Later we are targeting cooperation. For example, building something like this, later sharing the profits like this," Heru told reporters, Friday, August 19.

Meanwhile, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria explained, there are a number of options that the DKI Provincial Government has in the use of reserve land in Rorotan, ranging from settlements to green open spaces (RTH).

"There, it is hoped that it will reach 500 hectares. There are many uses. First, housing, it requires land. Second, green open space requires land," explained Riza.

In addition, the reserve land in Rorotan can also be used as a flood control area. However, this also depends on the readiness of the DKI Provincial Government's budget to acquire land owned by residents for the realization of the reserved land.

"The cost of land acquisition can't be calculated now because every year there is an increase (the selling value of land)," said Riza.

"In principle, we have good intentions to continue to expand the green open space, the expansion of the cemetery as well. Let alone parks or housing, the price for funerals is very high. His name is also in Jakarta, right," he continued.