Construction Of A Tourism Building In Tuo City Damaged, Bengkulu City DPRD Asked The Police To Conduct An Investigation

Member of Commission II of the Bengkulu City DPRD while reviewing the damage to the construction of the Tuo City tourist building. (ANTARA)

BENGKULU - The Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of Bengkulu City asked law enforcement officials to conduct investigations and investigations regarding the damage to the construction of tourist buildings in Tuo City. The chairman of Commission II of the Bengkulu City DPRD, Nuzuludin, said that the results of a field review of the damage that occurred to the construction of buildings in the tourist area of Tuo City were not due to natural factors. "We ask law enforcement officials to thoroughly investigate the damaged building construction in the Tuo City area," he said as quoted by Antara, Monday, February 27. The damage to the construction of the building was allegedly due to an error in the construction that did not meet technical specifications. Nuzuludin said his party would summon relevant regional apparatus organizations (OPD), such as the Bengkulu City Public Works Office to ask for a technical explanation regarding the cause of the damage to the construction of the building. In addition, the summons was also to find out the amount of the Bengkulu City Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) and the APBN which were disbursed to build in the tourist area of Tuo City. "We will follow up by summoning the relevant OPD to find out how much the APBD and APBN budget for the construction is. We ask all of them to be responsible for the damage to the construction of the building," he said. Previously, the Bengkulu City Government had allocated a budget of Rp35 billion to continue the construction of the second phase of the tourist area of Tuo City. Deputy Mayor of Bengkulu, Dedy Wahyudi, said that the construction of the second phase of the Tuo City tourist area will be carried out in 2022. "We are continuing the construction of phase two of Tuo City with a budget of around Rp35 billion," he said. The budget is to build around watersheds, revitalize the Main Mosque of Bengkulu Market, and revitalize houses on stilts.