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)