New dump sites yet to be prepared<\/p>\n
As the closure of the city's main refuse disposal site at Bantar
\nGebang, Bekasi nears, the city administration is currently
\nscrambling for new locations, while officials at most of the
\nappointed sites said they had yet to make preparations.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso announced on Thursday that a 65-
\nhectare plot in Tegal Alur and a six-hectare plot in Kamal Muara,
\nboth in West Jakarta; a five-hectare dump site in Cacing (Cakung-
\nCilincing) area in North Jakarta and an eight-hectare dump site
\nin Pulo Gebang, East Jakarta, will be taking the city's garbage
\nafter 104-hectare site in Bantar Gebang closes this Monday Dec.
\n10.<\/p>\n
Previously, the city administration had listed Srengseng and
\nKapok in West Jakarta, as well as Jonggol in Bogor as alternative
\nlocations to replace Bantar Gebang. But it decided to drop the
\nplan for the two West Jakarta sites due to a strong possibility
\nof protests from local residents. The plans for Jonggol were
\nscrapped due to the absence of permits from the Bogor
\nadministration.<\/p>\n
The Bekasi administration has decided to close the Bantar
\nGebang, citing the Jakarta Administration's failure to solve the
\nenvironmental damage in the area.<\/p>\n
With such a closure, the city administration will have to find
\nother sites for dumping its 6,000 tons of garbage per day.<\/p>\n
The location in Pulo Gebang is currently a productive rice
\nfield with no preparation activity in sight.<\/p>\n
Staff at the District Sanitation Agency, whose office is
\nlocated right in front of the proposed dump, said that they had
\nheard rumors of the plan, but were yet to be given any
\nconfirmation or instructions.<\/p>\n
"It has yet to be confirmed. If the plan is going to be
\ncarried out, we must at least uproot the rice and dig the land,"
\nsaid Memet, a staff member at the agency.<\/p>\n
The location is also in the middle of a residential area, and
\nalthough residents have not been officially informed of the plan,
\nthey objected to having the trash site in their area.<\/p>\n
"I hope they will cancel it. It will be awful to constantly
\ninhale the smell of garbage daily and having to bear with the
\ntruck noise which would be taking garbage to the location," said
\none housewife, Yana, who has been living in the area since she
\nwas born 27 years ago.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Siswanto, chief of Tegal Alur sub-district, in
\nwhich the largest of the planned sites is located, denied that
\nhis area would be used as a dump.<\/p>\n
"The garbage will be brought to Kamal Muara district and not
\nhere. This is a residential area, there can't possibly be a waste
\nsite," Siswanto told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Earlier, a sub-district official in Kamal Muara confirmed the
\nplan, and was making some preparations for the site as it was
\nlocated in the middle of an industrial estate far from any
\nresidential areas.<\/p>\n
At Cacing, a waste incineration site which is a collaboration
\nbetween the city administration and a private company, PT Wira
\nGulfindo, trucks have been transporting refuse to Bantar Gebang,
\nBekasi, as its incinerator has been out of order for the past two
\nmonths.<\/p>\n
Cacing usually accommodates about 200 waste disposal trucks
\ndaily, transporting mostly organic waste from all over Jakarta.<\/p>\n
"We still have a few more days before Bantar Gebang is
\nofficially closed, therefore we are transporting some of our
\ngarbage to Bantar Gebang to clear some space," said Darno, an
\nemployee at the Cacing location.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in Kapuk, West Jakarta, a sub-district officer said
\nthat they were completely unaware of any such plans for a dump.<\/p>",
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