Some Bridges in West Jakarta Crowded by Street Vendors
Reported by TP Moan Simanjuntak | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
Although the West Jakarta administration keeps intensively conducting a raid against street vendors, yet this way has not deterred them. No wonder, more than 20 vendors are still rampant along the Grogol Bridge, precisely next to Citraland Police Post, Petamburan Grogol.
We'd seized the vendors` stalls and carts. But they returned to sell again
Based on beritajakarta.com observations, those vendors are mostly selling carpentry tools, shoes, clothing, children's toys, gloves and masks, etc. Besides disturbing road users, the situation also causes traffic congestion from Grogol towards Jalan Daan Mogot every day.
Similar condition is also spotted around the Outer Ring Road Bridge, precisely in front of Rawabuaya Market. Tens of vendors are dominated by fruit vendors using bike carts parked around the bridge. Due to this condition, the road becomes narrow and cause congestion from Cengkareng towards Kembangan every day.
Kebayoran Lama Street Vendors Relocation HamperedWest Jakarta Satpol PP Head, Kadiman Sitinjak disclosed that his side has repeatedly raided the vendors in such places. "We'd seized the vendors` stalls and carts. But they returned to sell again," he expressed, Friday (5/16).
He asserted that he would conduct the raid again at the same site in order to create public order.
Head of West Jakarta Cooperative Small Micro Medium Enterprises and Trade (KUMKMP) Sub-Department, Slamet Widodo expressed vendors selling around Grogol Bridge were planned to be relocated to the built landscape (Lokbin) which is located next to Tarumanegara Dua University.
"We also relocate vendors around Rawabuaya Bridge to the Rawabuaya Market," he uttered.
