Health drive starts in Tangerang

Health drive starts in Tangerang

JAKARTA (JP): The Tangerang mayoralty launched yesterday the
third-phase of this year's health drive in six villages with the
help of 90 students from six Islamic boarding schools.

Tangerang Mayor Djakaria Machmud said the health program would
run from Nov. 19 to Nov. 30 at the Batu Ceper, Kebon Besar, Batu
Jaya, Pabuaran, Bugel and Gerendeng villages, Antara reported on
Thursday.

He said the health drive aimed to pave the floors of all
people's houses with cement in the villages. The program also
aims to build 300 toilets, 50 chimneys and 50 rubbish tips in
each village, and drains in the villages which need them.

"Hundreds of toilets will prevent Tangerang people from
defecating in rivers, ponds or fields," Djakaria said.

Tangerang is about 30 km west of Jakarta.

Health drives in West Java started in May.

Citing West Java Governor R. Nuriana, the mayor said over
19,000 houses had had their floors cemented and got toilets and
hundreds of rubbish tips have been dug.

He said over 60,000 elementary school students were given
medicine for worms. (07)