andriajah Sat Feb 2020 2 years ago

Monas Steering Committee Bans Formula E and Asks Provincial Government to Plant More Trees

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.TV - The Medan Merdeka Area Development Steering Commission meeting decided that Formula E car racing could only be held outside the Monas area.

Previously, the car racing route was also planned to be carried out within the Monas area.

So hundreds of trees in the Monas area were cut down.

This decision is part of the decision of the steering committee meeting regarding the revitalization of Monas.

The meeting was attended by the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan, as Head of the Monas Revitalization Implementing Agency.

Apart from the matter of the car racing route, the steering commission asked the Governor of DKI to replant trees in the Monas area in accordance with the attachment to Presidential Decree Number 25 of 1995 concerning the Arrangement of Taman Merdeka.

After the meeting, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan stated that he had assured the steering commission regarding the revitalization of Monas in accordance with the attachment to Presidential Decree Number 25 of 1995.

Anies stated that the DKI Provincial Government guaranteed that it would replace the 191 trees that were cut down, three times the number of trees that were cut down, namely 573 trees.

The Monas area planning meeting will still continue.

Coordination between the DKI Provincial government and the central government is necessary, so that public space facilities and the country's cultural heritage are not lost.
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