Gibran Cooperates With A Private Company To Remove Uninhabitable Homes

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The Surakarta City Government (Pemkot) cooperates with private companies to eradicate hundreds of Uninhabitable Houses (RTLH) in Semanggi Village, Pasar Kliwon District, Solo, Central Java.

Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka after the inauguration of a habitable house in Solo, said that this time there were 136 uninhabitable housing units that were repaired. For the RTLH repair project, the Surakarta City Government cooperated with Shopee's marketplace.

"There are still 130 houses left, there are still a lot of PR (Homework). All Shopee," said Gibran, Tuesday, February 7, as reported by Antara.

However, related to the imposition of RTLH in Solo, his party is open to cooperating with all parties. In addition, this time he is waiting for funding from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government.

"The grant funds are also a priority for slum housing, Mojo, Semanggi, Sangkrah, and others. There are still a lot of land, just wait. If it has been disbursed, we will work on it immediately. We hope it can be faster," he said.

Regarding poverty alleviation, his party targets that Solo will be free of slums by 2025-2026.

Meanwhile, Shopee Indonesia Executive Director Handika Jahja said that the development of the Semanggi area had been carried out since the last year.

"We have worked together until now. Finally, we managed to inaugurate 136 houses in Semanggi," he said.

For the next project, he is waiting for directions from the Mayor of Gibran.

"Of course I am waiting for directions from Mas Gibran and the Ministry of PUPR. We are ready to support it where we can be needed the best," he said.

Secretary of the Surakarta City Settlement and Land Area Housing Office, Saryanto, said the process of repairing the 136 houses started from March-December 2022. For CSR funds used for this program, it is IDR 72 million / housing unit with a total CSR fee of IDR 29.2 billion.

"This is a comprehensive term, there are North and South Semanggi. After this we are moving north, to the Losari area, Demangan," he said.