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Flood Canal Project |
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| Type of violation |
Forced eviction Demolition/destruction Dispossession/confiscation |
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| Date | 23 October 2003 | ||||||||
| Region | A [ Asia ] | ||||||||
| Country | Indonesia | ||||||||
| Location | Cipinang Muara, Cipinang Besar Utara, and Cipinang Besar Selatan Villages (along Cipinang River) | ||||||||
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| - Number of homes | 429 | ||||||||
| - Total value € | |||||||||
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| Brief narrative |
On 23 October 2003, security officers and police, demolished 429 homes in three villages located on the bank of Cipinang River, evicting 1,800 people. Authorities demolished 44 houses in Cipinang Muara village, 237 in Cipinang Besar Utara, and 148 in Cipinang Besar Selatan to clear land for the Banjir Kanal Timur (East Jakarta Flood Canal) project. The flood canal will be used to control floods in East and North Jakarta and protect industrial infrastructure but 13 villages will be cleared for the project. --Extracted from OMCT/HIC-HLRN Joint Urgent Action Appeal IDN-FE 011203 (Attached) | ||||||||
| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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