Garbage along main road

Garbage along main road

The open garbage dump on Jl. Antara in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta, is a sore spot in this strategic shopping area visited by many people from Jakarta, the provinces and abroad.

Apart from the dump being constantly full of garbage, Jl. Antara is also lined with carts heavily laden with foul smelling garbage.

Garbage collection by the municipality and the private company PT SOR is irregular. Sometimes, for days on end nothing is done to transport the garbage.

The Jakarta city administration should take steps to clean Jl. Antara for reasons of community health and as a contribution to the tourism ministry's efforts to promote order, safety and cleanliness.

The inhabitants have duly reported the situation to the various administrations at neighborhood and district level (RT/RW/Lurah/Camat) but there has been no action so far.

BUDIARTI

Jakarta