Denying PDIP, Heru Budi EMPHASIZED That No More Land Must Be Freed In Ciliwung Sodetan

Heavy settlements on the banks of the Ciliwung River, Kampung Melayu, Jakarta, Friday, July 16, 2021. (Between-Aditya PP)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono emphasized that there is no more land that needs to be acquired in the Ciliwung Sodetan development area. This refutes the statement by the Chairman of Commission D of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the PDIP faction, Ida Maheasy, who revealed that there is still a need for land acquisition for the construction of bridges. "There is no land that needs to be acquired again," said Heru when met in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Thursday, February 2. Heru admitted that there are bridges that need to be widened in connection with the widening of the Ciliwung River to support the drain project on the side of the water outlet. "At the end of the drain, for example there is a bridge that is 15 meters long, then because for the time we have widened it to 20 to 30 meters, we have to lengthen the bridge at the end," he said. What is clear, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat said that the land needed to extend the bridge was already there and did not need to be released again. "If this one, I see it in Ciliwung, (the length) is already (clearing). Just widen it," continued Heru. Previously, at the Commission D meeting of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Ida Maheasy revealed that there was still land in the Ciliwung Sodetan area that needed to be acquired for crossing facilities. "There is a need for land acquisition related to crossings. Only a few fields must be acquired. So in Sodetan there is a bridge that must go up," said Ida. Ida also asked the DKI Jakarta Water Resources Service to check the mapping of land that he said needed to be acquired according to the needs and the value of the budget. "I mean, let this be completed, you have to look there. Whether it should be released or what it looks like. But, the principle must be in accordance with existing regulations. Although this is a necessity for sodetan, it must also be selective for land acquisition," said Ida.