2,000 cubic meters garbage a day uncollected: Official<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): About 2,000 cubic meters of a total 25,000
\ncubic meters of the city's household garbage can not be
\ntransported to the city's garbage dump in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi,
\ndue to lack of garbage trucks, an official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"The trash is left untransported, some is dumped in rivers (by
\nresidents),\" the city's sanitary agency deputy chairman, P.J.
\nSugiono Soewahjo, told reporters.<\/p>\n
Sugiono said the city should have about 1,300 trucks in order
\nto be able to transport all garbage to Bantar Gebang. Currently,
\nonly 900 trucks transport trash every day.<\/p>\n
He said about 700 trucks belong to the city administration
\nwhile the remaining 200 trucks are privately owned.<\/p>\n
To reach the ideal number, the city would need Rp 75 billion
\n(US$5 million) to buy 300 more trucks as a truck costs Rp 250
\nmillion, he said.<\/p>\n
Besides, Sugiono admitted that some trucks belonging to the
\nagency could not operate as they were not well maintained.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know the number but some are damaged because we don't
\nmaintain them well, which includes not cleaning the trucks
\n(properly),\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that it was virtually impossible to manually clean all
\nthe trucks after they unload trash. A truck-sized car wash would
\nbe needed.<\/p>\n
He said the agency only has such a machine in Sunter though
\nthe city should have at least six of them.<\/p>\n
\"Normally the trucks leave the garbage dump dirty and unwashed
\nor we just pour water over them. All of them should be cleaned
\nthoroughly by a machine before being used the following morning,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
However, he argued that providing such car-washes would
\nrequire enormous financial investment and it unfortunately could
\nnot be provided in the near future.<\/p>\n
He said the city administration targeted to secure sanitary
\nretribution of Rp 11 billion in the 2001 City Budget while last
\nyear it secured about Rp 10 billion.<\/p>\n
The administration has conducted an improvement program in
\nwaste management aided by a 3.3 billion Japanese yen loan from
\nthe Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF), Sugiono said.<\/p>\n
He said not all the 3.3 billion yen (or Rp 60 billion with a
\nconversion rate of Rp 20 for one yen at that time) were used to
\nfinance the program.<\/p>\n
\"Some of them, such as contingency funds (which reached 1
\nbillion yen), had not yet been used,\" he claimed.<\/p>\n
He denied any irregularities in the program, saying that it
\nwas tightly monitored by Japanese consultants.<\/p>\n
He said the loan, which should be repaid in 40 years, would be
\nreturned using city budgets in the future. (jun)<\/p>",
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