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        "id": 1645734,
        "msgid": "waste-collection-at-kramat-jati-main-market-continues-piles-still-towering-1774943669",
        "date": "2026-03-31 13:03:44",
        "title": "Waste Collection at Kramat Jati Main Market Continues, Piles Still Towering",
        "author": "Abdul Haris Maulana",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "The Jakarta Environmental Agency (DLH) is persisting with the removal of a six-metre-high rubbish pile at the Kramat Jati Main Market in East Jakarta, deploying four trucks and a shovel loader, though significant progress remains elusive after four days of efforts. Perumda Pasar Jaya attributes the accumulation of 6,970 tonnes of waste\u2014equivalent to 410 truckloads\u2014to technical issues with transport fleets since 9 March 2026, and has coordinated with DLH to accelerate clearance while planning to procure five additional 16-cubic-metre rubbish trucks. This incident underscores ongoing challenges in urban waste management in Indonesia's capital, potentially impacting public health and market operations if not resolved swiftly.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Jakarta Environmental Agency (DLH)\ncontinues to transport the six-metre-high pile of rubbish at the Kramat\nJati Main Market in East Jakarta on Tuesday (31\/3\/2026). Based on\nKompas.com\u2019s observations at the site since Tuesday morning, four trucks\nwere seen starting to haul the rubbish mound. The trucks were labelled\nwith the Thousand Islands Sub-Directorate of Environmental Affairs. In\naddition, one heavy machine of the shovel type was deployed to load the\nrubbish into the arriving trucks. Although the collection is underway,\nthe rubbish mountain still appears high. A pungent odour continues to be\ndetected around the Temporary Waste Collection Point (TPS) at the Kramat\nJati Main Market. Sugiat (55), one of the staff, said that the rubbish\ncollection has been ongoing for the last four days. However, he assessed\nthat the results have not yet shown significant changes. \u201cThe first\ncollection involved a lot, around twenty trucks, then the second\nthirteen, and this morning only five so far; the reduction isn\u2019t very\nnoticeable yet,\u201d said Sugiat when met at the Kramat Jati Main Market on\nTuesday. He explained that most of the rubbish transport trucks come\nfrom outside the East Jakarta area, including the Thousand Islands and\nSouth Jakarta. \u201cBack then (in January), there were many trucks hauling\nit, 50 trucks a day from morning to evening. That\u2019s why it was cleared\nquickly,\u201d he clarified. Sugiat added that when the pile-up occurred in\nJanuary 2026, two heavy machines were deployed, namely a shovel and an\nexcavator. However, currently, only one heavy machine in the form of a\nshovel is being used. Perumda Pasar Jaya recorded that the volume of\nrubbish in the area has reached 6,970 tonnes, equivalent to about 410\ntronton trucks. \u201cThis condition (rubbish piling up) was triggered by\ntechnical issues in providing transport fleets since 9 March 2026,\u201d said\nTopik in a written statement on Sunday (29\/3\/2026). Topik stated that\nhis side has coordinated with the Jakarta Environmental Agency (DLH) to\naccelerate the rubbish collection. Perumda Pasar Jaya targets\nsignificant progress in the next two days. In addition, they are also\npreparing measures by procuring five rubbish truck units with a capacity\nof 16 cubic metres per unit.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/waste-collection-at-kramat-jati-main-market-continues-piles-still-towering-1774943669",
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