City relocates traders from Kebayoran Lama

City relocates traders from Kebayoran Lama

JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of street vendors operating at the
Kebayoran Lama market in South Jakarta have been relocated to 11
markets throughout the city as part of the promotion of the Clean
Friday activity.

Nine of the 11 markets used to accommodate the vendors are
located in Tebet, Pasar Minggu, Melawai, Cidodol, Cipulir, Santa,
Manggis, Pasar Rumput and Pondok Indah.

Soedrajat Soeleman, head of the city owned market authority PD
Pasar Jaya, which currently manages 165 markets in the city, told
reporters on Friday that these street vendors are allowed to
occupy the empty kiosks at the eleven markets. "For the first
three months they can use the kiosks free of charge," he said.

Soedrajat said that the vendors' relocation is aimed at making
market places in Jakarta clean.

"Relocation of street vendors will continue and be conducted
every Friday, Soedrajat said, adding that this drive is part of
the National Discipline Movement.

"The next drive will be conducted in Pasar Kramat Jati, East
Jakarta," he said.

According to data provided by the company, there are about
105,000 street vendors illegally operating along pavements,
especially in busy areas throughout Jakarta.

Besides making their surroundings dirty, the street vendors'
operations also causes traffic jams because they frequently
occupy part of the roads.

Soedrajat explained that the operation against street vendors
in Kebayoran Lama market was conducted not only by his
subordinates but also with the assistance of legal traders of the
market.

As well as relocating the street vendors, the officers of the
company also held a presentation for legal occupants of the
market. The presentation concerned the importance of properly
managing garbage disposal, for the sake of better sanitation, he
said.

"The company is trying to inform the traders that a clean
environment is not only our responsibility but theirs as well,"
he said.

Soedrajat said the volume of garbage from the company's 165
markets reaches about 1,800 cubic meter per day, most of which is
transported, by 50 garbage trucks owned by the company, to the
garbage dump center in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi. (yns)