Councillors kick up a dtink over Bekasi dump operation<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto and Wahyuana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta\/Bekasi<\/p>\n
Residents' complaints over the presence of Jakarta's dump Bantar
\nGebang in Bekasi are getting fiercer after its management was
\nhanded over to PT Patriot Bekasi Bangkit last August, prompting
\nthe Jakarta City Council to put more pressure on the firm.<\/p>\n
Ciketing Udik village resident Anen Samsuddin said that the
\nartesian wells, health clinic and the road built by the previous
\noperator, the Jakarta Sanitation Agency in compensation to the
\nresidents were broken and remain unrepaired.<\/p>\n
\"It's difficult for us to get clean water while many of us are
\nstill suffering from respiratory problems, diarrhea and skin
\ndiseases. Moreover, the garbage trucks block our village roads,\"
\nhe told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
In a series of impromptu visits to the dump, the councillors
\nfound more flaws in the operation.<\/p>\n
\"I discovered that the scales in use did not function and
\nmounds of garbage were not covered properly with soil,\" said the
\nSayogo Hendrosubroto, chairman of Commission D on development
\naffairs, during the council hearing with the City Sanitation
\nAgency and PT Patriot on Monday.<\/p>\n
The company was directly appointed by the Bekasi municipal
\nadministration and the Jakarta administration to manage the waste
\ndisposal for a two-year term.<\/p>\n
Commission D deputy chairman Muhayar Rustamudin added that the
\ncompany had failed to properly implement the sanitary landfill
\nsystem in the dump, such as spraying the garbage with pesticide
\nand establishing a treatment plant for organic waste.<\/p>\n
\"It would be advisable for us to end the contract with the
\ncompany if it fails to perform professionally,\" he asserted.<\/p>\n
The councillors alleged that the waste dumped at Bantar Gebang
\nwas actually much less than the reported 4,000 tons a day as none
\nof the scales that weigh the load the trucks carry were
\noperating, while they had also spotted some garbage trucks
\ndumping their load into the Cakung River and Cilincing Nagrak
\nswamp in North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Jakarta pays a tipping fee of Rp 52,500 for each ton it dumps
\nat Bantar Gebang dump to PT Patriot.<\/p>\n
The Post also observed at the dump that hundreds of dump
\ntrucks belonging to the Jakarta Sanitation Agency had to queue
\nfor hours to unload since PT Patriot only provides six
\nbulldozers.<\/p>\n
According to PT Gudang Tua and PT Bonita management from where
\nPT Patriot rents the bulldozers, the dump operator has not paid
\nthe rental fee.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, PT Patriot director Indra Bagus Trihardjo shifted
\nthe blame to the Jakarta administration which he said failed to
\npay the tipping fees.<\/p>\n
\"Besides, we also have to deal with many problems, including
\nthe loss of expensive property at the dump, such as 1,330
\nventilation pipes and 156 spotlights when we started handling the
\ndump,\" Indra said.<\/p>",
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