Palyja inaugurates Rp 14b water treatment plant in Cilandak
Palyja inaugurates Rp 14b water treatment plant in Cilandak
JAKARTA (JP): Water management firm PT Pam Lyonnaise Jaya
(Palyja) inaugurated its Rp 14.8 billion (US$1.85 million) water
treatment plant on Wednesday in Cilandak, South Jakarta.
Palyja president Pierre Alla said the plant would help double
the production capacity of its Cilandak installation to 400
liters per second.
"We hope that it can serve our customers better, especially
those living in the southern part of Jakarta," Alla said.
The new water treatment plant will serve 130,000 customers
living on or near Jl. Ampera Raya, Jl. TB. Simatupang, Jl. RS
Fatmawati and in the areas of Cipete, Pondok Labu and Ragunan.
He said construction of the treatment plant, which started in
September last year, was carried out by local contractors under
the supervision of Palyja, a subsidiary of French firm Suez
Lyonnaise des Eaux.
Alla also inaugurated the beginning of a two-kilometer
pipeline project worth Rp 7.2 billion, which spans from Jl.
Perjuangan to Jl. Kedoya, West Jakarta.
The pipeline project is expected to improve service for
150,000 people living in area, he said.
Palyja commissioner Bernard Lafrogne said on Tuesday the
project was the firm's commitment to investment as stated in a
cooperation agreement with city-owned water firm PDAM Jaya.
He said in the agreement, which is being renegotiated, that
Palyja would help PDAM Jaya settle its debt worth Rp 1.6 trillion
with the World Bank and Japanese Overseas Economic Cooperation
Fund (OECF).
When asked to comment on the dismissal of 12 PDAM Jaya
workers, who were seconded at Palyja, Lafrogne said the decision
was conducted according to legal procedure.
"We sent written notices to them three times before PDAM Jaya
dismissed them," he said.
He said the 12 workers would be reported to the police for
occupying PDAM Jaya's logistics office, technical office and
customer service center.
The workers, who were mostly activists from the PAM Jaya
workers union, were dismissed on Monday for damaging the firm's
image by allegedly conducting a series of protests over the last
six months. (jun)