Private sector to manage rivers

Private sector to manage rivers

JAKARTA: The city administration is considering handing over the
management of rivers to the private sector in an effort to
improve the condition of rivers.

City Development Planning Board (Bappeda) chairman Ritola
Tasmaya said the matter was being seriously discussed by
officials and had the approval of Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo and
the Public Works Office.

"If the proposal is approved, we will hire private companies
to manage the rivers in the city in the hope that the condition
of rivers will improve," Ritola said on Tuesday.

The city's rivers are currently managed by the Public Works
Office and are in a bad state, with the majority being used to
dump industrial and domestic waste. --JP