Jakarta Prepares Rorotan Cemetery for Covid-19 Burial Ground
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Ririe Ranggasari
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Petir Garda Bhwana
Selasa, 29 September 2020 10:13 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Provincial Government is preparing the Rorotan Public Cemetery in North Jakarta as a burial site for people who died from Covid-19. Official says that the burial site, 20,000 square meters in size, is being prepared.
The Jakarta's Bina Marga Office head, Hari Nugroho, said on Monday that they are working on the landfill process and creating a 210-meter road towards the burial ground.
The work began on September 17, and is targeted for completion in December this year.
"With a size of two hectares, we estimate the cemetery will be able to have 6,000 graves," Hari said on Monday, September 28.
In Jakarta, the number of funerals and burials with Covid-19 protocols are quite alarming. The provincial government recorded that 6,248 people have been buried under Covid-19 protocols from March until September 25.
In the month of September alone, the capital recorded 1,372 bodies were buried according to Covid-19 protocol, the highest since the coronavirus reaches Indonesia.
This prompted the government to prepare a new burial site for Covid-19 deaths, as the land availability in Pondok Ranggon and Tegal Alur Cemeteries is decreasing.
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