Deputy Interior Minister Encourages Replication of Environmental Management in Jambon Village

Deputy Interior Minister (Wamendagri) Bima Arya Sugiarto is encouraging the replication of sustainable, community-based environmental management practices implemented in Jambon Gesikan Village, Magelang City. The model is deemed suitable for development in various regions. “This is one of the best examples of residential area arrangement with environmentally friendly and sustainable principles. The village is very clean; this is what is meant by ASRI (safe, healthy, clean, beautiful). It must be like this,” he stated in a written remark on Friday (17/4/2026). Various innovations are applied, from management through waste banks, recycling, to utilising waste into compost, maggots, urban farming, and used cooking oil processed into soap. During the inspection of the village, Bima explained that the success of the area arrangement is inseparable from the collaboration between local government (Pemda) and the community. He highlighted the active involvement of regional heads in monitoring and motivating residents, as well as the role of environmental managers who maintain the consistency of the management system at the community level. Furthermore, Bima explained that the environmental management in the area has been running in an integrated manner from upstream to downstream. “Hopefully, this can become a role model,” he said. He assessed that the good practices need to be expanded gradually while maintaining the quality of implementation and encouraging all areas in Magelang City to adopt a similar pattern before replicating it to other regions. “192 must be like this,” he added. In the future, Bima hopes that every region can have measurable and sustainable environmental management standards, so that it can become a national reference in strengthening community-based environmental management. For information, the inspection carried out on Thursday (16/4) was also attended by Mayor of Magelang Damar Prasetyono, Head of Magelang City Police Resort (Kapolres) AKBP Dikri Olfandi, and the Chairman of RW IV Jambon Gesikan Village.