Surabaya City Government Restores Drainage Function in Manukan Area
Surabaya (ANTARA) - The Surabaya City Civil Service Police Unit has restored the function of drainage in the Manukan area, among other things, through the enforcement against several street vendors (PKL) who set up their stalls on top of the drainage.
Manukan Kulon Ward Head Heny Dwi Aliani in Surabaya stated that the activity serves as an effort to maintain public order while restoring the water channel function.
“Enforcement was carried out against stalls up to semi-permanent buildings standing on the water channels, along Manukan Tama Street to Manukan Lor Street in Surabaya,” she said.
In the activity, the Surabaya Civil Service Police Unit collaborated with various parties, including the Water Resources and Road Infrastructure Department (DSDABM), Tandes Sub-District Civil Service Police Unit, Manukan Kulon Ward Civil Service Police Unit, local apparatus, as well as TNI-Polri.
She explained that officers enforced various trading facilities in the form of wooden carts to leftover materials belonging to vendors that were still on top of the channels.
“In addition, we also enforced several water gutters or canopies belonging to shops that were above the channels, so we immediately took action,” she said.
Before the enforcement was carried out, she said, the ward office had repeatedly conducted socialisation to the vendors to not trade on top of the channels. If violations were still found, firm action in the form of enforcement would be taken.
“Since 2023, we have conducted socialisation several times, even until January 2026. We carry out this effort periodically,” she stated.
Heny explained that the socialisation was not only carried out to vendors but also to the Neighbourhood Association (RW) leaders and the Ward Community Empowerment Institution (LPMK) in the area.
In addition, they had issued first and second warning letters with respective deadlines of seven days for self-demolition. However, the appeals were not heeded.
“They once requested a postponement until after Eid al-Fitr, but there was still no change. Therefore, today we carried out the demolition,” she said.
During the enforcement, officers also found several electricity meters on buildings standing on top of the channels.
“This finding will be further coordinated with PLN,” she said.
This enforcement refers to Surabaya City Regional Regulation Number 2 of 2020 on amendments to Regional Regulation Number 2 of 2014 regarding the Implementation of Public Order and Community Tranquillity.
In the future, similar enforcements will continue to be carried out periodically as a sustainable step to optimise the function of water channels.
“It is planned to be continued next month. This effort is important to create a more orderly, clean, and comfortable environment for the community,” she said.