120 street sweepers deployed on Jl. Thamrin

120 street sweepers deployed on Jl. Thamrin

JAKARTA: Around 120 street sweepers were deployed by Menteng
subdistrict sanitation unit to clean Jl. M.H. Thamrin, Central
Jakarta, of the garbage left behind by the New Year's Eve
celebrations.

"We worked from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. cleaning the street," said
Suwanto, the street sweepers' supervisor, on Thursday.

He said that most of the garbage consisted of food wrappings,
soft drink cans and paper trumpets.

"The garbage on Jl. Thamrin was less than that in the National
Monument (Monas) Park, for which Gambir subdistrict is
responsible," he said.

At least 130 street sweepers were deployed to clean up Monas
park. However, as many people visited the park on Thursday
morning, there was still a lot of garbage to be found in the
area. -- Antara