Pulau G Dirahkan Jadi Permukiman, DKI DPRD: Jangan Ada Ketimpangan Kapangan Menengah Dan Bawah

The Jakarta Bay Reclamation Island area in February 2019. (Antara-Iggoy)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan directed Pulau G to be used as a residential area. In response to this, the Chairman of Commission D of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Ida Maheasy, gave an important note.

Ida reminded that the construction on the reclamation island of Jakarta Bay should be carried out evenly. In the sense that there is no imbalance in the community who will later live in the area.

"I hope that the DKI Provincial Government in preparing residential areas on Pulau G, there is no imbalance between the upper and lower middle classes," Ida told reporters, Thursday, September 29.

According to Ida, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government must ensure that the developer of Pulau G can build housing at an affordable cost. One example is simple rented flats (rusunawa).

Because, continued Ida, he often receives complaints from people who hope to live in government-owned flats because the rental price is affordable.

"We from Commission D have received complaints from the public to get rusunawa. It means that the community really needs it," said Ida.

"It's possible for them to build houses to be densely populated, right, we still hope that they are sincere to wake up for the lower middle population. Don't let the lower middle to lower population get small houses, the price remains expensive," he continued.

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's plan to direct Pulau G for residential areas still leaves question marks. The DKI DPRD questioned the residential concept that could be built on the reclamation island of Jakarta Bay.

Related questions were raised in the working meeting of Commission D for the Development of the DKI Jakarta DPRD with the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government.

Responding to this, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Cipta Karya, Spatial Planning and Land Office, Heru Hermawanto, revealed that the management of development on G Island could only be carried out after a cooperation agreement (PKS) with the private sector was carried out.

In this case, the private sector is PT Muara Wisesa Samudra as the developer of Pulau G. So, later the DKI Provincial Government will determine the designation of Pulau G along with its subsidiary from PT Agung Podomoro Land.

"At this time it is taken through PKS. The parties are the government and the private sector. It means that it must be agreed together," said Heru.

Heru admitted that the DKI Provincial Government cannot formulate details on the use of the G Island area and include it in the regional spatial plan (RTRW) unilaterally because Pulau G was built by the private sector.

"At the first time conducting a development PKS, the initial concept of direction (a residential area on Pulau G) also appeared. Unless the Provincial Government does (the development of Pulau G) itself, then we can determine. We will not be able to determine the zone in detail at the time (PKS) this has not appeared," explained Heru.