Tangerang low on garbage trucks

Tangerang low on garbage trucks

JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang mayoralty is currently burdened with
an acute garbage problem due to a limited availability of garbage
trucks to transport it to the dump site, an official said on
Monday.

Tangerang Mayor Moch. Thamrin said out of about 4,000 cubic
meters of garbage produced in the city every day, only 2,400
cubic meters could be removed.

Therefore, higher piles of garbage could be seen along areas
of Jl. Ahmad Yani, Cikokol bus terminal and Ciledug, Malabar and
Anyar markets, Thamrin told Antara.

He explained that the number of operating garbage trucks
dropped drastically to only 23 due to a lack of funds as a result
of a direct impact of the crisis.

"I have instructed the mayoralty's sanitary office to do its
best to solve the garbage problem for the sake of maintaining the
city's beauty," Thamrin said.

He also hailed the city residents' initiative to burn or bury
garbage they generated to help solve the problem.

However, he deplored others who recklessly continued old
habits of throwing garbage into gutters or rivers as these acts
were feared to create flooding during the rainy season.(hhr)