Sewage clearance for flood victims

Sewage clearance for flood victims

TANGERANG: The Tangerang administration is providing a free
service to clean sewage from houses hit by recent floods.

"If residents have returned to their house, the Housing and
Resettlement Agency will be ordered to clean the sewage,"
Tangerang mayor, Moch. Thamrin, told Antara on Tuesday.

Even if houses are no longer under water, they may still be
extremely dirty and smelly as the flood waters often came from
overloaded sewage pipes.

The normal cost of cleaning up sewage would be between Rp
65,000 and Rp 90,000.

Tangerang was hit by huge floods last week, which peaked at
four meters.

Areas where floodwaters have receded include the Petir
subdistrict in Cipondoh and the Tajur subdistrict in Ciledug.--JP