Marunda Flats Whose Roofs Collapsed Were Planned For Renovation But Delayed Due To COVID-19

The collapse of the roof of the C5 block building Rusunawa Marunda (Photo: DOK VOI/Special)

JAKARTA - The roof of the block C Rusunawa Marunda building, North Jakarta collapsed a few days ago. Apparently, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government had planned to carry out renovations before this incident. This was revealed by a member of Commission D of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Yuke Yurike. However, Yuke said that this plan was canceled because the DKI Provincial Government still had to divert the budget allocation of a number of activities to overcome COVID-19. "It has been planned for a long time to be revitalized. (Rusun Marunda) must be revitalized in 2022 but it has been delayed due to COVID-19," said Yuke in a short message, Wednesday, September 6. As handling it, Yuke said that the DKI Provincial Government must ensure that incidents of damage to government-owned buildings, especially residents' housing, do not repeat themselves. In addition to the revitalization, the DKI Jakarta Housing and Settlement Area Office also needs to carry out routine checks on flats in the capital city. "There must be preventive efforts in the form of routine inspections, maintenance, and evaluation of all Rusunawa in Jakarta. If the time has to be renovated, it can be done immediately," said Yuke. The collapse of the roof of the DKI Provincial Government's flat occurred on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at around 21.10 WIB. Luckily there were no casualties in the incident. A day later, the DKI DPRKP asked residents living in block C to move to the Nagrak Flat which is also in Cilincing District for safety reasons. It was recorded that 451 families who were residents of block C1-C5 were willing to be relocated. Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Public Housing and Settlement Area (DPRKP) Retno Sulistyaningrum said that his party will revitalize the Marunda flat, Cilincing, North Jakarta in the near future. This is in the aftermath of the collapse of the roof of the C5 Rusunawa Marunda block building. Moreover, the current block C Marunda building is also considered unfit for habitation. "The DKI Jakarta Public Housing and Settlement Area Office will plan to revitalize the Marunda Rusunawa, according to the results of BRIN's research that the Cluster C building in Marunda Flats is no longer suitable in a building structure as the results of the inspection of the building carried out by BRIN," said Retno.

Currently, continued Retno, residents are starting to transport their belongings gradually. Efforts are made, all residents of Block C have moved this September. "Some residents have transferred goods, which are facilitated by UPRS II, UPRS III, North Jakarta Mayor's ranks and Satpol PP," he added.