Bekasi wants city to renovate dump

Bekasi wants city to renovate dump

BEKASI: Bekasi administration spokesman Cecep Sutandi said the
Jakarta administration is obliged to renovate the damaged road to
and the environment in the vicinity of the now-closed Jakarta
dump in Bantar Gebang.

"It is on the draft agreement between Bekasi and Jakarta,
which is now in the hands of both councils ... Jakarta will
provide the Rp 17 billion (US$2 million) rehabilitation funds,"
Cecep was quoted by Antara as saying on Tuesday.

He added the agreement also mentioned a two-year joint waste
management deal with the Jakarta administration under a Bekasi-
run enterprise.

Bekasi mayor Ahmad Zurfaih expressed hope the Council would
soon give a response and deliberate the agreement due to its
importance.

However, most of the councillors were not at their offices
during the campaigning period, Antara reported. -- JP