City undecided over Marunda dmp<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
City Governor Sutiyoso said on Monday he was still undecided
\nover a plan to use Marunda in North Jakarta as a garbage dump to
\nreplace the Bantar Gebang dump as he was still awaiting the
\nresults of studies.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso said that the results of all the necessary studies,
\nincluding an environmental study, as well as a public information
\ncampaign in respect of the plan, had yet to be received.<\/p>\n
\"I won't decide to go ahead unless the main requirements are
\nmet,\" Sutiyoso told reporters at City Hall.<\/p>\n
The administration signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
\nlast week with the head of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) to
\nuse the agency's 71-hectare site at Marunda as a garbage dump.<\/p>\n
Along with Marunda, the administration also claimed it was in
\nthe process of preparing smaller dumps in the city's five
\nmayoralties to help in replacing the 104-hectare Bantar Gebang
\ndump. These smaller dumps included Tegal Alur and Kamal in West
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso had said earlier that the administration was also
\neying Bangka island, which lies to the east of South Sumatra, to
\ntake some 4,000 tons of the city's total garbage, which currently
\nstands at 6,000 tons per day. The garbage would be dumped in
\ndisused tin mines on the island.<\/p>\n
As of Monday, however, none of the planned alternative dumps
\nwere able to receive garbage due to protests by residents in
\ntheir respective vicinities.<\/p>\n
\"In addition to the above alternatives, we are trying to
\nproceed with further negotiations with Bekasi municipality. Our
\nobjective is to use Bantar Gebang until the end of this year,\"
\nSutiyoso said, adding that the existing MoU between Bekasi
\nmunicipality and the city administration would, in fact, only
\nexpire at the end of 2003.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso also said that the administration would \"gradually\"
\ncomply with the demands of the Bekasi municipality based upon
\nrational consideration and mutual benefit.<\/p>\n
The administration plans to allocate Rp 233.5 billion this
\nyear to cope with the city's environmental and spatial planning
\nproblems, including the tackling of its garbage problem.<\/p>\n
At present, some 5,000 tons of the city's garbage are taken to
\nthe city's main dump at Bantar Gebang, while the remaining 1,000
\ntons are dumped alongside roads or in rivers.<\/p>\n
The Bekasi municipality closed Bantar Gebang dump on Dec. 10
\nlast year due to environmental concerns. After intervention from
\nthe Ministry of Home Affairs and the House of Representatives, it
\nallowed the dump to reopen while awaiting measures by the Jakarta
\nadministration to comply with the terms of a new MoU to be signed
\nby Jan. 31 at the latest.<\/p>",
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