JP\/5\/SAMPAH<\/p>\n
Medan enacts tougher bylaw on sanitary<\/p>\n
Apriadi Gunawan
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nMedan, North Sumatra<\/p>\n
The Medan municipality government and legislative council agreed
\non Thursday to impose a new bylaw on sanitary, which would carry
\na severe fine or a jail sentence for those who throw garbage
\nanywhere in the city.<\/p>\n
Deputy speaker of the Medan legislative council Sakty Batubara
\nsaid that under the new bylaw people, who throw garbage in the
\ncity's main thoroughfares or other public spaces, would be
\nsubjected to a Rp 1 million (US$125) fine or a jail sentence up
\nto six months.<\/p>\n
The severer fine and jail sentence would be imposed to people
\nwho recklessly throw garbage from a moving vehicle.<\/p>\n
"They are liable to a fine of Rp 1.5 million and a six months
\njail sentence," he said without elaborating.<\/p>\n
Sakty went on that the new bylaw would take into effect in
\nFebruary, pending an adjustment period for three months to the
\npublic, starting from now.<\/p>\n
"We need to disseminate the bylaw first to the public, so that
\nthey will not be surprised when the new bylaw finally is
\nexecuted," Sakty told The Jakarta Post at his office.<\/p>\n
As part of the bylaw dissemination program, Medan Mayor
\nAbdillah said that his administration would immediately provide
\nsome 10,000 to 15,000 small rubbish bins throughout the city, so
\nthat residents could dispose of their garbage.<\/p>\n
"Once the infrastructure is completed, then there will be no
\nexcuse for people to throw garbage anywhere they like, that will
\nonly make the city dirty," he said.<\/p>\n
Abdillah called on the city residents to improve on cleanness
\nand orderliness in Medan, saying that it would benefit the city,
\nfor example, in terms of tourism.<\/p>\n
"The cleanness of the city will attract more tourists to
\nMedan, which can increase the income of Medan's residents," he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Yusar, the head of Medan's Sanitary Office, admitted that
\ngarbage still posed a problem for the Medan municipality
\nadministration. The volume of garbage dumped by city residents
\nremained high, and will reach its peak during the religious
\nfestivities Idul Fitri and Christmas, and the New Year holiday.
\n"At least 1,543 ton of garbage is dumped daily in Medan. This
\nhuge volume has been our concern," he said.<\/p>\n
Yusar said that the administration had to dispatch 131 trucks
\nevery day to discard some 1,500 tons of garbage produced by
\nMedan's households and industries.<\/p>\n
Compared to Jakarta metropolitan city, where 6,000 tons of
\ngarbage is unloaded daily to garbage dumps throughout the city,
\nthe volume of garbage dumped daily in Medan is rated small.<\/p>\n
But, Medan's figure is much higher than the volume of garbage
\ndumped in the South Sumatra capital of Palembang, where only 500
\ntons of garbage is dumped daily in the city.<\/p>",
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