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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/30/waste-clogging-waterways-becomes-city's-major-concern.html Waste clogging waterways becomes city's major concern The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 11/30/2009 11:24 AM | City On shaky ground: A worker stands on garbage clogging the Manggarai sluice gate in South Jakarta, in this May 29, 2009, file photo. The city's waterways have long been sites of illegal waste disposal. JP/Nurhayati As wet season looms, Jakarta's 13 rivers have again become a major concern for city authorities who fear swelling rivers caused by the ubiquitous dumping of trash in the city's waterways. An official with the city environmental management body (BPLHD) admitted the main problem with illegal dumping was that it often went under the radar of poorly coordinated city agencies and subdistrict offices. "The city administration does not even have exact data about the number of illegal dumping sites along Ciliwung River," said Ridwan Panjaitan, head of the BPLHD law enforcement unit, referring to one of the city's main rivers. "Actually, it is not so hard to compile the data. Someone just needs to get on a boat, go through the city's rivers and count the illegal dumping sites," he said. The BPLHD recently held two campaigns in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, to promote clean rivers. During these campaigns, various social organizations, including the youth group Karang Taruna and the Betawi organization Gibas, took part in cleaning the river as well as closing three illegal dumping sites along the riverbank. Head of the Jakarta Sanitation Agency Eko Bharuna said the city's rivers were getting narrower and shallower due to frequent littering. "This has occurred for decades and I have found many cases in which the people intentionally dump trash in the river so they can build illegal dwellings above the silts," he said. Eko also said that many city residents threw their garbage in the river because of poor trash management. "In every subdistrict, there should be transit points in which local garbage men store their garbage before it is transported by my agency's garbage trucks. "The transit points should be provided by subdistrict offices. However, most of the subdistricts that are located near the city's rivers do not have transit points," Eko said. "The subdistrict offices could have done better," he said. Sayuti, the deputy chairman of Gibas, said that poor waste management had encouraged people to dispose of trash in the river. "People in my neighborhood, Lenteng Agung subdistrict in South Jakarta, used to deposit trash in illegal dumping sites because there was no transit point available." Agung Sarmili, the head of a community unit in Lenteng Agung, complained recently that the sanitation agency's truck did not always pass the transit points daily. Eko Bharuna admitted that such problems might have occurred as his agency had a shortage of garbage trucks. "We only have 841 garbage trucks and 40 percent of them have been operating for more than 14 years," he said. (mrs) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
