Report from wartakotalive.com journalist, Yolanda Putri Dewanti

WARTAKOTALIVE.COM, JAKARTA –Public Cemeteries (TPU) are experiencing a burial area disaster. Numerous TPUs are not capable of settle for new burials, and solely present overlapping burials.

In response to this, DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung will open a brand new TPU within the capital metropolis.

“So I ask for brand new TPUs to be opened which might be potential. Presently that is being carried out by the Parks and Cemeteries Division. Hopefully there will probably be one within the close to future,” stated Pramono when met within the Velodrome space, Central Jakarta, Thursday (23/10/2025).

Presently, there are 11 TPUs nonetheless serving new cemeteries within the Jakarta space.

He stated, this situation is a particular concern that must be addressed instantly by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Authorities.

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“It is a actual downside as one of many huge cities in Jakarta and I convey it as it’s so that we are going to discover a answer to open new TPUs,” he defined.

Head of the Metropolis Parks and Forest Service (Distamhut) Fajar Sauri stated that at present the capability of burial plots nonetheless accessible in Jakarta is 118,348 grave plots.

If the typical funeral service is round 100 our bodies per day, then the remaining land within the 11 TPUs is estimated to solely be ample for the following three years.

The next is an inventory of 11 TPUs which might be nonetheless serving new burials:

1. Rawa Terate TPU, East Jakarta.

2. Cipayung TPU, East Jakarta.

3. TPU Cilangkap, East Jakarta.

4. TPU Bambu Apus, East Jakarta.