Junk Stalls in Tomang Controlled

Seven stalls of junk collectors along Jalan Rawa Kepa, RT 02 and 06, RW 13, Tomang Urban Village, Grogol Petamburan Sub-District, West Jakarta, controlled by officers, Tuesday (5/20). The controlling was done to arrange the city beauty and revitalize the roadside function for pedestrians.

The junks were put on roadsides as long as 100 meter. As a result, besides making the area slums, the roadsides cannot be passed by pedestrians

Head of Tomang Urban Village, Lilik Istinah, held this controlling since the junks belong to their owners were disturbed pedestrians.

“The junks were put on roadsides as long as 100 meter. As a result, besides making the area slums, the roadsides cannot be passed by pedestrians,” said Istinah, Tuesday (5/20).

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Before the controlling, there had been warning for stalls’ owners not to put and pile the junks on roadsides, but since they were being recalcitrant, affirmative action was taken.

“Furthermore, in order not to return to a junkyard, we will put flower pots along the road," added Istinah.

Dali (48), one of the stalls’ owners, was forced to put his stuffs on roadside since his stall cannot load them again. “I want my stuffs to be restored in the stall, but because it cannot load them again, I forced to put them on roadside. We are wrong and cannot do anything when our stuffs carried by officers,” said Dali.