Locals trash administration for Bojong dump plan<\/p>\n
Theresia Sufa and Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post
\nBogor<\/p>\n
Some 300 residents of Bojong village and surrounding areas in
\nBogor regency welcomed Jakarta Sanitary Agency head Selamat
\nLimbong and entourage with a protest on Friday.<\/p>\n
The villagers also threw stones at a waste treatment facility,
\nbreaking several windows.<\/p>\n
There were not injuries or arrests during the protest.<\/p>\n
"Opening a permanent dump in our village is a sign that
\nJakartans want to kill Bojong villagers," read one of the banners
\ndisplayed by protesters.<\/p>\n
"Garbage is the source of disease," read another banner.<\/p>\n
The protesters, mostly women and children, arrived at the
\nwaste treatment facility after hearing that Jakarta Governor
\nSutiyoso would visit the site.<\/p>\n
The governor did not show up, but that did not stop protesters
\nfrom expressing their displeasure to Limbong over Jakarta's plan
\nto open a waste treatment facility in Bojong.<\/p>\n
The new facility, which will be located on a 20-hectare plot
\nof land, is expected to treat 1,500 of the 6,000 tons of garbage
\nproduced by Jakartans every day. PT Wira Gulfindo Sarana will run
\nthe facility using German technology.<\/p>\n
"We cannot accept a dump here because it will cause
\nenvironmental damage and health problems such as respiratory
\ndisease," one of the protesters, Oding, 45, told The Jakarta
\nPost.<\/p>\n
"I wish Sutiyoso was here so we could tell him our objections.
\nInstead of building a dump, the Jakarta administration could have
\nbuilt a factory to create jobs for locals," he said.<\/p>\n
Protests against facility have increased in intensity of late.
\nApproximately 400 people from the district went to City Hall and
\nthe City Council building in Central Jakarta on Wednesday to
\nvoice their outrage over the proposal.<\/p>\n
Limbong, however, said not all of the villagers opposed the
\nwaste treatment facility, which he promised would open as
\nscheduled.<\/p>\n
Separately, Sutiyoso said at City Hall that the protests were
\nnot being organized by locals. He accused non-governmental
\norganizations of provoking the villagers.<\/p>\n
It is vital for Jakarta that the Bojong waste treatment
\nfacility open as scheduled, with the administration planning to
\nclose a 104-hectare dump in Bekasi mayoralty in late December.<\/p>\n
Construction of two other facilities on Jl. Cakung Cilincing
\nin East Jakarta and in Duri Kosambi in West Jakarta has yet to
\nbegin.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso said earlier he would negotiate with Bekasi to avoid
\na repeat of the garbage crisis that hit the city in late 2001,
\nwhen Bekasi closed Bantar Gebang until Jakarta agreed to pay Rp
\n14 billion (US$1.65 million) in compensation.<\/p>",
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