Nambo selected as site of new dump for Jakarta

Nambo selected as site of new dump for Jakarta

Theresia Sufa and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Bogor/Jakarta

Nambo village in Bogor regency will become one of three planned
dumps established to solve the garbage problem in Greater
Jakarta, which includes Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi.

"A recent study made by the Jabodetabek (Greater Jakarta)
Waste Management Cooperation (JWMC) has selected the area in
Nambo village as one of the most feasible places for a dump," the
Jakarta Urban Infrastructure Development Bureau head Mochamad
Tauchid Tjakra Amidjaja said on Friday at City Hall.

JWMC is a collaborative drive initiated by the city
administrations in Greater Jakarta to handle garbage collection
and disposal, which is under the supervision of the Ministry of
Public Works.

The study made by JWMC was presented during a meeting at the
Office of the State Minister of the National Development Planning
Board (Bappenas) recently.

"We plan to develop three dumps, including one in West Jakarta
and East Jakarta. But, so far, Nambo is the most prepared,"
Tauchid asserted.

Secretary of Commission A overseeing legal and administrative
affairs with the Bogor regental administration, Lulu Azhari
Lucky, confirmed Tauchid's statement, adding that the dump would
use the sanitary landfill technology, as is applied at the
troubled Bantar Gebang dump in Bekasi.

According to him, the planned dump will cover between 50
hectares and 100 hectares.

He emphasized that the conversion of forest area of Nambo
village was in line with the Bogor Master Plan No. 17/2002, which
stipulates Nambo as a location for a dump.

No details were available on the other locations designated as
dumps in the east and west of Jakarta.

But, Banten deputy governor Ratu Atut Chosiah announced mid-
last year that her administration was also prepared to lease some
land in Bojong Menteng, Jawilan subdistrict in the capital of
Banten, Serang, to JWMC as a waste treatment facility for Jakarta
and Tangerang.

Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso welcomed the plan, stressing that
cooperation among the city administrations in Greater Jakarta to
tackle garbage problem was crucial.

"Garbage is a problem that has become a major headache every
year besides flooding and clean water supply," he said.

In the last four years, Jakarta has continued to experience
garbage disposal problems due to the on-and-off operation of the
Bantar Gebang dump amid strong opposition from locals. People
around the dump have complained of a deterioration in the quality
of the environment, which has adversely affected their health.

The Jakarta administration's plan along with private company
PT Wira Guna Sejahtera and the Bogor regental administration to
develop a waste treatment plant in Bojong, Bogor, has also hit a
serious snag since residents reject the presence of the plant.

Jakarta produces 6,000 tons of waste a day.