Sanitation drive in West Jakarta

Sanitation drive in West Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko has said that the clean river campaign, currently being promoted at the mayoralty, constitutes an integral part of the city's sanitation program.

"The sanitation problem is closely related with human living so that we have to rid the rivers of garbage," Pardjoko said when he led a sanitation operation at Pesanggrahan River on Sunday.

Pardjoko urged all residents of West Jakarta to adopt a clean and healthy way of life in line with the national discipline movement.

"We have to help the movement succeed, especially ahead of the commemoration of the city's 468th anniversary and the 50th independence of the Republic of Indonesia," he said.

Sunday's operation was held to clean up the Pesanggrahan River bank, which is notoriously dirty due to the piling of garbage along the river, especially around Ulujami and Cipulir markets.

Kebayoran Lama District Chief Andi Tahrim said that the garbage at the river causes an annual flood in a number of housing complexes along the river. (yns)