Trashes Mounting on Cengkareng Drain Riverbank

One of the ways to prevent flooding is maintain cleanliness on riverbanks. Unfortunately, the residents who live around Cengkareng Drain River, Kembangan Utara Urban Village, Kembangan Sub-District, West Jakarta, do the opposite by making the riverbank as a dumpsite.

Indeed, there are hydraulic trash bin around the location. But since the trashes are abundant, they are piling until onto the riverbank

Based on beritajakarta.com, trashes are mounting on Cengkareng Drain riverbank. Those trashes come from households as well as street vendors who trade around the location. This situation makes the area looks slum and smelly because of the foul odor coming from the trashes.

According to Zaini (37), a local, trashes are mounting on Cengkareng Drain riverbank because the janitors do not pick them up routinely. As a result, trash mount sometimes even reaches one meter high.

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“Indeed, there are hydraulic trash bin around the location. But since the trashes are abundant, they are piling until onto the riverbank,” he said, Friday (9/5).

Responding on this matter, Head of West Jakarta Cleanliness Sub-Department, Wahyu Pudjiastuti, uttered that her party routinely pick up the trashes on Cengkareng Drain riverbank. But because of residents’ low awareness in dumping trashes to the bin, trashes are continuously piling and scattered.

“Our officers routinely pick up the trashes on Cengkareng Drain riverbank once every two days. And as form of seriousness, they also routinely clean the scattered trashes and put them in into the trash bin,” she stated.