Council urged to back truck plan

Council urged to back truck plan

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Sanitation Agency has asked the City
Council to lend support to a proposal to provide all subdistricts
across the capital with at least one modern garbage-compacting
truck to ferry trash to the dump.

"We need them to replace our 600 obsolete trucks as the public
are constantly compling of the putrid smell and filthy liquid
waste that leaks from the trucks on their way to the dump," the
agency's head, Rama Boedhi, said during a hearing with the City
Council's development commission on Wednesday.

According to Rama, Chinese trucks that met the requirements
were available for Rp 1.2 billion each -- much cheaper than
similar Japanese-made trucks, which could cost up to Rp 3 billion
each. -- JP