2,800 workers ready for holiday clean-up
2,800 workers ready for holiday clean-up
JAKARTA (JP): The City Sanitation Office has 2,808 workers
and 259 garbage trucks ready to maintain cleanliness during the
Christmas holiday.
The number will be raised to 2,996 workers and 308 trucks
for the New Year's Eve cleanup, the sanitation office chief, M.
Subasir, told reporters on Monday.
"We expect 4,957 cubic meters of waste at Christmas and
another 6,066 cubic meters of garbage on New Year's Eve," Subasir
said.
Subasir said sanitation workers expect to face a larger task
than ever before due to the rapid increase in the population of
the capital over the last year.
Subasir said that private cleaning service companies will
also deploy an additional 1,890 workers with 112 trucks to help
maintain cleanliness during the Christmas holiday.
"On New Year's Eve the number of workers to be deployed by
the private firms will be raised to 1,905 personnel with 112
trucks," he said.
Subasir explained that in Central Jakarta the cleanliness
operation will be concentrated on Monas square and Jl. Thamrin.
The sanitation office will deploy 200 officers and 33 trucks in
the two areas to get rid of an expected 375 cubic meters of
garbage during Christmas.
During New Year's Eve, another 324 officers and 65 trucks
will be deployed to the two areas to carry away an estimated 715
cubic meters of garbage, he said.
In North Jakarta, the cleanliness operation will be focused
on Ancol and Jl. Martadinata, where the sanitation expects people
to throw away 450 cubic meters of garbage at Christmas and
another 670 cubic meters on New Year's Eve.
The quantity of garbage expected to be generated during
Christmas along Mangga Besar Raya, Jl. Gajah Mada and Jl. Hayam
Wuruk in West Jakarta is 450 cubic meters.
In Blok M and Jl. Trunojoyo in South Jakarta a total of 260
cubic meters of garbage is projected to be produced during
Christmas, with another 320 cubic meters on New Year's Eve.
In East Jakarta, mainly around Taman Mini, Jl. Urip
Sumoharjo, Jl. Sentra Primer and Jl. Jatinegara Barat, a total of
498 cubic meters of garbage is expected on Christmas day, with
another 432 cubic meters on New Year's Eve.
"There is no special fund allocated for this operation. We
use routine funds from the city budget," Subasir said. (yns)