Council wants change in the status of sanitation office<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The City Council's commission C in charge of
\nevaluating the performance of city-controlled companies suggested
\nthat the City Sanitation Office be turned into a profit-oriented,
\ngovernment-owned limited liability company.<\/p>\n
"Such a change in legal and operational form is necessary to
\ncope with the city's increasing volume of garbage,"
\nSumari, the deputy chairman of the commission, quoted chairman
\nHelmy A.R. Syihab as saying.<\/p>\n
Councilors from the commission visited two temporary landfills
\nin Tanah Abang and Pejompongan, Central Jakarta, on Thursday in
\norder to find out the sanitation office's capacity to manage the
\ncity's trash.<\/p>\n
"While on the one hand, the amount of garbage increases every
\nyear due to Jakarta's growing population, the office's resources,
\non the other hand, remain the same," Sumari said.<\/p>\n
A change would give more room for the sanitation office to
\nmake money on its own, removing its dependency on the city budget
\nto finance its programs which, in turn, will enable it to carry
\nout its tasks more effectively, Sumari added.<\/p>\n
Sumari said that at present, the sanitation office can manage
\nto get rid of the city's mounting garbage only when it mobilizes
\nits entire work force and fleet of trucks and in addition hires
\n14 contractors.<\/p>\n
According to Sumari, the volume of Jakarta's garbage is 23,000
\ncubic meters a day at present, and increases by 4 to 5 percent a
\nyear.<\/p>\n
Currently, the 14 contractors are operating only in the area
\naround the National Monument (Monas), Central Jakarta, and in
\n27 of the city's 265 subdistricts, Sumari said.<\/p>\n
At present, the cleaning office has around 500 employees and
\n800 old trucks plus 80 newly purchased ones, Sumari said, while
\nideally it should have 2,000 employees and 1,220 trucks.<\/p>\n
To cope with the shortage, the sanitation office currently
\nhires 812 daily-paid laborers to deal with garbage disposal,
\nSumari said.<\/p>\n
"This suggests that the office is becoming overwhelmed,"
\nSumari added.<\/p>\n
Garbage fees<\/p>\n
The commission also found that subdistricts are still unable
\nto collect all the garbage disposal fees.<\/p>\n
Households are given receipts by the city administration
\nstating what they've paid. The amount, depending on the area. For
\ninstance, in the Kayu Manis subdistrict, East Jakarta, the fee is
\nRp 1,000.<\/p>\n
According to Sumari, the subdistrict chiefs of Tanah Abang and
\nPejompongan, who were also present during the legislators' visit,
\nsaid they have difficulties in collecting the fees because they
\ndo not have comprehensive data on all the households in their
\nareas. Hence, they cannot keep track of households which pay and
\nwhich do not pay, Sumari said. (06)<\/p>",
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