Smelly garbage

Smelly garbage

From Jayakarta

Like many other residents of Jakarta I commute by city bus from home to my work place everyday. I usually get on at the bus shelter in front of the BPS building on Jalan Otista Raya in eastern Jakarta. Even when it is not peak hours, this bus shelter is always crowded.

Lately, however, bus passengers waiting in this bus shelter have been annoyed by the stinking smell of nearby garbage bins. This is even the case during the day after garbage men have picked up the garbage early in the morning.

I wonder what has caused this problem. Is it caused by garbage men who have failed to pick the garbage up for days? Is it the shortage of garbage trucks? Has the fasting month been a factor in the delay of the garbage pick up? Or something else?

WIDURI

Jakarta