Kepanduan Urban Forest Upgrades Promise Greater Comfort for Jakartans

Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) Commission D Member Ida Mahmuda praised Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung for conducting a hands-on inspection of Kepanduan Urban Forest Park in Penjaringan, North Jakarta on Thursday (11/12).

This should be done regularly

She urged the Governor to make these field inspections a routine practice, pointing out that numerous city-owned parks and lands remain illegally occupied. She added, the Governor's direct involvement helps align regional agencies (OPDs) to take decisive enforcement action.

"I applaud him for conducting unannounced inspections across the city's districts. This should be done regularly, as many of our parks are still controlled by unauthorized parties. Agency heads are sometimes reluctant to act on their own—but when he steps onto the ground, enforcement actually happens because Satpol PP and related agencies are mobilized together," she expressed, Friday (11/13).

Pramono Cleans Up Illegal Waste & Revitalizes Kepanduan Park

She also drew attention to the discovery of a 5,000-square-meter illegal dump site on the grounds, where waste linked to hotels, restaurants, and cafes was being dumped overnight by private haulers.

To stop such violations from recurring, she called on the Environmental Agency to step up surveillance of unauthorized dumping sites citywide.

She further pressed the agency head to direct all district sub-agency chiefs to proactively patrol areas at risk of illegal dumping.

"Don't just show up at Commission D meetings claiming you don't know where their waste ends up. It is the agency head's job to order every sub-agency head out into the field to monitor this," she stressed.

Ida noted that her commission still has not received records of private area-waste operators or commercial waste haulers—data she stressed is critical to properly monitor and enforce compliance across the private sector.

She insisted that the illegal dump site discovery must lead to concrete enforcement and penalties for violators, while urging Pramono to hold Environmental Agency staff accountable so oversight improves and illegal dumping stops for good.

"This illegal dump site finding demands real follow-up and strict sanctions. I expect Pramono to take a firm line and push his team at the Environmental Agency to deliver—we cannot have the Governor running full speed while his staff are standing still," she stated.