TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan finally revoked the permit of 13 reclamation islands in Jakarta Bay, Wednesday, September 26. It was conducted after the North Coast of Jakarta Reclamation Management Coordinating Board verified all the permits of the islands.

“I can announce that the reclamation has been stopped. Reclamation is part of Jakarta’s history, not part of its future,” said Anies at Jakarta City Hall, Wednesday, September 26.

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The thirteen islands are Islands A, B, E, I, J, K, M, O, P, Q, H, F, M. The permit holders are PT Kapuk Naga Indah, PT Jakarta Propertindo, PT Taman Harapan Indah, PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol, and others. The revocation permit was based on the Governor’s Decree and revocation permit letter.

Meanwhile, chairman of the Governor Team for the Acceleration of Development (TGUPP)'s coastal management, Marco Kusumawijaya, said that the four other islands that had been reclaimed, namely C, D, G, N, would be regulated in the Regional Regulation Draft of Spatial Plan for North Coast Strategic Areas (RTRKS) and Plan of Coastal Zoning and Small Islands (RZWP3K).

Marco said his team was studying the environmental effect of the reclamation. The study will also determine what to do to the buildings stood on the landfill.

M YUSUF MANURUNG